Developing new standards for social care

The Department of Health received over 270 responses to its consultation on developing new standards for social care and has published a report highlighting the responses received and explains the department’s next steps.

As a result of the consultation, the following five topics have been identified for formal referral to NICE:

• Regaining independence for older people who experience a fall;
• Care and support of older people with learning disabilities;
• Managing the use of medicines in community settings for people receiving social care;
• Short term interventions to help people to regain independence; and
• Service users and carer experience of adult social care.

To download the report visit www.gov.uk/government/consultations/developing-new-standards-for-social-care.