Archived news
- National Minimum Standards for Community Equipment Services
- 27 July 2009
- The purpose of this document is to highlight significant risks and concerns relating to the delivery of community equipment services (CES) and the impact this is having on clients, organisations, and the English and Welsh welfare economies as a whole. In view of these issues the document goes on to stress the need for introducing National Minimum Standards, demonstrates the benefits this would bring, and identifies what areas of service delivery these should apply to.
- Swine flu - keep informed and review your business readiness
- 24 July 2009
- As the spread of the swine flu virus (officially known as influenza A H1N1) accelerates, business readiness is growing in importance. You can use the Business Link website to keep updated on what your business can do to help your employees get treatment and to prevent further spread of swine flu.
- 16-week consultation period on the reform of adult social care begins
- 14 July 2009
- The Green Paper on the reform of adult social care in England, Shaping the Future of Care Together, has been published.
- Building Britain's Future
- 1 June 2009
- Building Britain’s Future is the Government’s plan to work with the British people to respond to the economic downturn and together build a stronger, fairer and more prosperous country.
- BS8521 Newsflash! It is here at last!
- 8 May 2009
- It would have been rewarding if we were able to announce the publication of BS8521, the new signalling protocol for Social Alarms at the AGM on 7th May, but from past experience it would have been tempting fate as it is something that the industry has been promising for some time.
- Consultation on the Framework for the Registration of Health and Adult Social Care Providers and Consultation on Draft Regulations
- 16 April 2009
- Response to consultation on the framework for the registration of health and adult social care providers and consultation on draft Regulations
- Equipment and adaptions guidance - consultation on draft
- 23 February 2009
- EQUIPMENT AND ADAPTATIONS GUIDANCE FOR HEALTH AND LOCAL AUTHORITY PARTNERSHIPS – CONSULTATION ON DRAFT GUIDANCE Comments are invited on the Equipment and Adaptations Guidance for Health and Local Authority Partnerships in the attached compendium. The guidance sets out responsibilities for the joint provision of equipment and adaptations. It replaces precious guidance issued in October 1976. Your views are invited by 31 March 2009.
- Living Well with Dementia – a national strategy
- 4 February 2009
- Yesterday (3 February 2009) the Department of Health published the long awaited National Dementia Strategy and has put Telecare at the centre of future care services. However, the Department is adopting a wait and see attitude towards working up a specific strategy around Telecare. This presents a great opportunity for Telecare to help shape this emerging policy.
- New CSHS Assistive Technology Qualification
- 23 December 2008
- A new CSHS qualification course for all involved in housing-related support, a care setting or Telecare Services Centre and Response.
- NEW TSA CODE OF PRACTICE IS HERE
- 14 November 2008
- Telecare Services Association (TSA) has launched its new Telecare Code of Practice at the National Telecare and Telehealth Conference in Brighton. Telecare supports a variety of service users, traditionally older and vulnerable people and it is essential that there are robust and challenging standards for its delivery. The Telecare Code covers the whole telecare system from referral to response and identifies the importance of each component part along the way ie referral, profiling, service set up, monitoring, response and re-evaluation.