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£800m p.a. combined revenue
Over 900 registered care homes
Providing services to more
than 50,000 people

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This website has been designed to provide NCF members, and visitors, with information about the National Care Forum and our activities. It also has information on our member organisations and details of how you can join us and become involved in our work.

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Care Villages

Sowing the seeds for a better future for the elderly

Q1

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Creative Homes

NCF celebrates the arts in care homes

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Services Provider's Checklist

Quality First

The Services Provider's Checklist can be downloaded from the Quality First section - under the Forum tab - Committee section or clicking here

NCF launches ‘Quality First’ Framework

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National Care Forum supports
the Learning Disability Coalition

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Recent News

Red tape challenge turns to law
27 January 2012
Red tape spotlight shines on company and commercial law Companies of all shapes and sizes have today been asked for their views on how to tackle...Read Full Article

Gold Standards framework celebrates achievement
27 January 2012
Care home residents feel benefits of sustained gold standard end of life careGold Standards Framework awards recognise national best practice in 100...Read Full Article

Professor Jim Mansell receives CBE today
26 January 2012
In 1970, there were 60,000 adults and children with learning disabilities living confined, institutional lives in long-stay hospitals. That autumn, a...Read Full Article

Cardiff professor warns of dementia scientist shortage
26 January 2012
The chief scientific adviser to the charity Alzheimer's Research UK has said more experts are needed to work on understanding the causes of dementia....Read Full Article

CQC asks employees to sign ‘gagging orders’
26 January 2012
The Care Quality Commission has asked six employees who have received severance payments to sign confidentiality agreements to promise not make...Read Full Article

’Defeating Dementia’ report published
25 January 2012
ARUK Defeating Dementia report: Alzheimer's Society commentAlzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) has challenged the government to commit to a national...Read Full Article

Events and Publications
of Interest to Members

Making it Real
New citizen-led markers for councils, organisations and people to check progress with personalisation and community-based support

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Beyond Dilnot - a new future for social care?
The current system of adult social care funding and delivery requires radical reform.
This major conference will explore in detail the recommendations from the Dilnot Commission, the Law Commission's proposed changes in Adult Social Care law, and the key issues that need to be addressed to reform social care.
20 September 2011 at The King’s Fund, London.
For more information and to book a place: www.kingsfund.org.uk/events/beyond_dilnot.html

Prevention and Control of Infection
A one-day conference organised by The Orders of St John Care Trust.
8th September 2011

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Activity - Everybody's Job
A training day for Activity Organisers led by NAPA on behalf of NCF
3 October 2011 in Bristol

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NCF Personnel Statistics 2011

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Think Local, Act Personal

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Care Quality Commission
Adult Social Care Excellence Scheme

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Supporting Derek
New training pack aimed at those supporting people with learning difficulties who develop dementia, from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, in partnership with the University of Edinburgh.
The pack is available to pre-order now via www.jrf.org.uk/publications/supporting-derek for a subsidised rate of £15 plus p+p.

Social Care Bulletin Sept 2011

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Prepared to Care

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Qualifications and Credit Framework

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Commissioning Framework for Health and Wellbeing
This framework builds on the whitepaper Our Health, Our Care, Our Say to outline the actions necessary to improve commissioning

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Employer-Led Leadership and Management Development in the Social Care Sector

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