Social Care Training

  • This is a comprehensive in-depth resource on frailty in older people.  It is aimed at health and social care professionals who provide care and services for older people living with frailty. This elearning course is funded by NHS England and is free until the end of June 2026.

    This course is for individuals working at Tier 3 levels across all health and social care settings. Tier 3 professionals have "a high degree of autonomy, able to provide care in complex situations and who may also lead services for people living with frailty.” Access to the course is free for all health and social care professionals.

    Frailty - Identification and Interventions | British Geriatrics Society


    The page below brings together articles, national guidelines and best practice relevant to frailty and is frequently reviewed and updated by the BGS Clinical Quality Committee and the Frailty in Urgent Care Settings Special Interest Group (SIG).

    Frailty Hub | British Geriatrics Society

    • The anticipatory medicine protocol launch pilot is planned for 18.3.26.

      The protocol is an EMIS generated template with recommendations for medicines, dose with a range, frequency and maximum in 24 hours to support generalist prescribers who do not regularly prescribe AM.

      The supporting documents that clinical administrators use as paper forms in the patients home have also been updated and improved to reduce errors.

      A dose range for Herefordshire is new for syringe pumps but not Worcestershire. Nursing homes in Worcestershire now have the opportunity to refresh training by attending SMH ECHO  session on 12.3.26.

      For further information, please click on the link below.

       

      Anticipatory Medicine


      • Purpose of the Deterioration Pack

        The Right Care, in the Right Place, at the Right Time

        This deterioration pack has been developed to support care home staff to:

        • Recognise early signs that a resident may be becoming unwell
        • Undertake structured clinical assessments
        • Escalate concerns safely and appropriately
        • Access urgent clinical advice through community services
        • Only access 999 services where clinically appropriately and in line with resident/family wishes
        • Ensure hospital admission occurs only where clinically appropriate


        For more information click on the links below

        ICS Care Home Deterioration Pack 

        Deterioration Pack 2025 - 25.02.26 - FINAL (Digital Version)

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          To support best practice in the use of ReSPECT across the UK, the ReSPECT Essentials e-learning course has been made free for learners to access through the NHS Learning Hub.

          Top Tips

          • To access the NHS Learning Hub you will need an account to create a login and password

          • Users outside of the NHS can choose “Other” for their organisation name


          • The Continuing Healthcare assessment process can be complex, and this resource centre has been developed to collate high quality information and support to help health and social care professionals navigate the CHC journey and thereby improve patient experience.  


            CHC Learning Lounge

            • A range of virtual 2.5-hour workshops have been designed to support the development of managers and leaders. The focus of these workshops has been created following feedback from a wide range of ICS health and social care partners and are suitable for first time or experienced leaders and managers. These are standalone workshops which can be accessed in any order. 

              The workshops will be repeated at different times of the week. over several months to enable ease of access. These workshops can be supplemented by the resources found on the ICS Exchange. To find out more and book your place

              ICS Leadership and Management Essentials Workshops


              • Oliver McGowan Training for Adult Social Care

                Skills for Care is delivering DHSC’s Quality Assured Care Learning Service (QACLS). This service will help you find high-quality learning and is intended to be a route to funding through the DHSC’s Learning and Development Support Scheme (LDSS). 

                To access a spreadsheet of all the training providers, courses and accredited qualifications that been quality assured through the new QACLS. 

                Quality assured training and courses


                Adult Social Care Funding - Deadline 20th March 2026

                Funding to support Oliver’s Training is available to the adult social care sector through the Learning and Development Support Scheme (LDSS), separate to the overall existing LDSS funding already available for other training courses and qualifications. The LDSS is administered by NHSBSA via the online claims service.

                • You will need an up-to-date ASC-WDS account to claim funding.

                • Updated FAQs available (2 December 2025) here.

                For further information please contact

                claire.jenkins@skillsforcare.org.uk


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