Consultation on NICE standards to improve social care

Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb has launched a 12 week consultation to establish a full set of NICE quality standards and guidance for social care.

The Department is seeking ideas from care users, their families and carers, service commissioners, care providers and front line staff to help decide on future topics for NICE guidance and standards.

The aim is to establish a full set of NICE quality standards and guidance in order to improve the quality of social care.

Some of the potential NICE standards for discussion in the consultation include falls, deprivation of liberty safeguards, and medicine management in home-based settings.

For further information on the consultation, including how to respond by the closing date of Friday 26 April, visit http://consultations.dh.gov.uk/quality-and-safety/nice-future-quality-standards-2.