Asking all our lovely National Care Forum folks who offer care & support to older people in care homes to complete this if you can!

HICA Group announces grassroots football team sponsorship #forpeoplenotforprofit

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Vic Rayner 💚 NCF_Liz 💚 The HICA Group

.@ncfteam out and about all over the place today - some of us visited Age Without Limits gallery in London - others attended APPG on Adult Social Care and NCF_Liz 💚 with Claire Goodman💚 at #dacha steering group re minimum data set for care homes

Fantastic to see this pic of amazing Nathan Jones from National Care Forum who is one of Co chair alongside Hopelightowler of working group of APPG on Adult Social Care talking at key parliamentary reception today -great turnout to discuss core issues impacting people who receive care and support

Rachel Peacock FRSA That was our mistake for not asking for 15 min earlier - we didn’t know! Lots of things we didn’t know but we do now. Yes, everyone was involved & we also sought to reflect the voices of other members of CareProviderAlliance who were denied Core Participant Status.

Great couple of days in Birmingham at TSA (TEC Services Association) #ITEC2024 conference. Talked about the role National Care Forum Digital Care Hub can play in Action Alliance recommendations. Gd to talk along with Dr C Farquharson CBE SCIE Care England 💚 ada - plus love seeing Birmingham eggs in situ!

Jane Townson, on behalf of the National Care Forum Homecare Association Care England 💚 urged the inquiry to extend the scope of module six “beyond residential care homes and a limited view of home care”.

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UK Covid-19 Inquiry

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The PAC not holding back on its valid criticism of DHSCs lack of a plan for social care 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Our response to the Public Accounts Committee report on the reform of adult social care. The report reveals just how far the government has fallen short from the commitments contained within People at the Heart of Care. National Care Forum

A final thank you to National Care Forum, LDEngland, CareProviderAlliance, Association of Mental Health Providers, & V O D G for their continued support of the Markel UK #3rdSectorCareAwards . We look forward to what next year brings! 💚

Celebrating Success at Nightingale Hammerson! Huge congratulations to Mannya and Jackie for their well-deserved wins at the Barnet Care Awards. Mannya won the 'Care Home Nurse’ Award and Jackie was the recipient of the ‘Front-Line Leader’ Award. We are so proud of your hard work.

Choice Support are proud to have sponsored this year’s LDEngland conferences. A month later and we’re still talking about all the incredible things we learnt. #LearningDisabilities #Autism #SupportWork #SocialCare

Valuable findings from this study, looking at UTIs in older people in care homes. Prioritising dehydration - think we knew this one already, fluid intake really matters; recognising soft signs and difference between UTI & hydration & being more curious about recurrent UTIs.

New report from us today on the relationship between poverty and the NHS. Includes the sad and staggering fact that UK has seen highest increase in child poverty in 39 OECD countries. kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

Surely we all agree? National Care Forum

Calling all colleagues in and around Sheffield - the 'Why are we stuck in hospital?' exhibition tours to Sheffield (Site Gallery) from 21st March to 7th April. There's also a linked billboard campaign already up across the city

Tomorrow David Grabowski will present at @GlobaObLTC webinar on COVID-19 Lessons for Care Home Regulatory Approaches, with a reflection of what we needs to learn from COVID & challenges for US Nursing Home reforms on:
👉Staff ratios
👉Financial/ownership transparency
👉Quality

Prevention & recognition of UTIs in older people in care homes - a realist synthesis approach - what works, for whom, under what circumstances. Fascinating session UK Health Security Agency Adult social care symposium. 3 theories - 9 propositions. Pic below

Delighted to have made it to the UK Health Security Agency symposium on adult social care. Hearing from CQCProf about considerations for UKHSA- equity & fairness, quality of life vs risk, diversity of care & support, local relationships matter as well as national, power balances, human rights.

Thank you Jane Townson OBE for speaking on our behalf @covidinquir. Well done making it into the room in the first place to speak!! No way we can afford a legal team!! National Care Forum Care England 💚 Homecare Association - trying to honour the experiences of the whole care & support sector.