Care homes – new support arrangements: advice note

Conclusion

This advice note has been developed with input from SLWG members. It recognises that in many places assurance and support arrangements have already evolved to respond to the current context based on good practice and sound partnership working. These recommendations seek to provide guiding principles and a framework to support local approaches. With many significant challenges facing the care home sector at this time, such approaches will be essential to supporting those living and working in care homes.

Going forward collaborative work will commence to consider the development of a Collaborative Improvement Model to provide a framework to support local approaches aligned to existing work looking at improvement models and support in the social care sector. This will enable more detailed consideration and confirmation of the roles of clinical and professional leads including Executive Nurse Directors in context of a collaborative improvement approach.