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and social care in England | | | A regular update for providers and professionals working in adult social care. | | Debbie Ivanova's latest column  | | The latest column from Debbie Ivanova, Director for People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People, is now available in Care Management Matters. Debbie talks about the Supported Living Coalition and the need for improvements in quality of care in supported living. | | |  From 1 July 2022, all health and social care providers registered with CQC must ensure that their staff receive training in how to interact appropriately with people with a learning disability and autistic people, at a level appropriate to their role. This new legal requirement is introduced by the Health and Care Act 2022. The government is required to consult on and publish a Code of Practice. We understand that this will outline the content, delivery and ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training, which is training it has developed and trialled. The government anticipates that the publication of the Code of Practice may take at least 12 months. During our assessments and inspections of providers, we regularly look to see if staff are working with people appropriately, and if not, we consider what training and support has been provided to them to ensure their understanding. Following the introduction of this requirement on the 1st July, we will be checking whether providers are training their staff in how to interact appropriately with people with a learning disability and autistic people, at a level appropriate to their role. We will also look at whether providers have assessed the competencies of their staff following the training. In line with current inspection procedures, we will not be looking at what the training itself has involved. We will continue to engage with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on this training requirement. The government's Code of Practice will be subject to a public consultation before it is published. We have updated the Infection Prevention and Control information gathering tool for care homes in response to the recent review of national COVID-19 infection prevention and control guidance by the Department of Health and Social Care. We have retained the same format as the existing tool, but the content has been broadened to consider transmissible community infections more generally and move away from a focus on COVID-19. The Health and Care Act received Royal Assent in April. It includes: - A provision for Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Secretary of State to mandate data collections from CQC-regulated providers which will go live from 31 July and
- A provision to make enforcement regulations which will go live from November 2022.
On 20 June DHSC shared a bulletin with further detail, an FAQ document and assurance session slides via Capacity Tracker. Copies can be found within the Capacity Tracker Resource Centre. You will need to use your Capacity Tracker login to access them. DHSC will publish further guidance by mid-July on GOV.UK which will include full details of the specific data fields that are being mandated in Capacity Tracker from 31 July and will not require a log-in. CQC webinar series continues  Four new CQC webinars are taking place over the next few weeks which are free to attend. Walkthrough of CQC's new regulatory approach Two webinars led by Tyson Hepple, Executive Director of Operations, will cover a detailed walkthrough of the new regulatory approach, showing what this means for you and what a year under the new model might look like. - Wednesday 6 July, 4-5pm
- Thursday 7 July, 2-3pm
You only need to sign up to one session here. Local authority assurance and integrated care system oversight Two webinars led by Mary Cridge, Director of Adult Social Care and Mandy Williams, Director of Integration, Inequalities and Improvement, will cover our latest thinking about our local authority assurance and integrated care system oversight. - Thursday 7 July, 4-5pm
- Tuesday 12 July, 2-3pm
You only need to sign up to one session here.  | | We have updated our Duty of Candour guidance to clarify how the term 'unexpected or unintended' should be applied when trying to define whether or not something qualifies as a notifiable safety incident. This is following a number of queries we have received on this area. The revision to the guidance can be found within the section titled 'Duty of Candour – Notifiable Safety Incidents'. | | | Other news -
A new approach to area SEND inspections; this consultation seeks your views on proposed changes to the way Ofsted and CQC jointly inspect local area partnerships to assess how they work together to improve the experiences and outcomes of children and young people who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). -
CQC's #BecauseWeAllCare campaign, which encourages people to share feedback about their or their loved ones experiences of care, has moved its focus to highlighting the experiences of people who are deaf and hard of hearing. Supported by Disability Rights UK, CQC is encouraging providers to use the stakeholder toolkit, and also review if you are meeting the accessible information standard. For those who are deaf or hard of hearing you can contact CQC using our SignLive service. - In this first blog of a new series exploring our progress in delivering our strategy, Ian Trenholm, Chief Executive Officer at CQC reflects on last 12 months.
- The Care Quality Commission (CQC) and the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) have announced a new joint working agreement.
- As a key part of our new regulatory model and single assessment framework we will identify the types of evidence we will use to assess providers. We are asking for your feedback on evidence.
- In his latest blog Chris Day, Director of Engagement, talks about how we're developing our approach to assessing Integrated Care Systems and Local Authority Assurance.
- See CQC at the upcoming Hospice UK National Conference: Hospice UK's event for professionals working in palliative and end of life care for children and adults is taking this place this November. Last year saw over 800 people attend from hospices, hospitals and other healthcare settings. 2022's themes are: collaboration and partnership, data and evidence, digital, equality and diversity and workforce. Visit the Hospice UK site to find out more and book your place.
- In her new blog, Joyce Frederick, Director of Policy & Strategy, updates on the development of our new regulatory model and discusses putting people at the heart of quality, a simplified view of quality, and more.
- More than £15 million will be given to local authorities in England to help them implement social care charging reforms to bring an end to the unpredictable cost of care for people.
- The Health and Social Care Secretary, Sajid Javid, set out his ambition to make sure every pound of taxpayer's money is well spent in the health and care system, at NHS Confed Expo recently.
- In this blog, Dr Mani Hussain, Director of Primary & Community Care, talks about CQC's involvement in the multi-agency advice service on artificial intelligence.
- All CQC webinars are recorded and posted on our YouTube channel.
- Read our latest transformation bulletin.
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