19/12/05 - How CSCI share information about service providers

Read the guidance they give staff on how to share information about service providers with commissioners of care, like councils and primary care trusts, and other organisations.

CSCI has issued new guidance on how our staff can take a proactive approach to sharing information about service providers.

CSCI state that It's important to share information so that they can:

promote improvements in social care

Work in partnership with other regulators

play our role in the systems that aim to protect people who are at risk.

The guidance details the steps that staff can take to reach sound, lawful information-sharing decisions in an open and accountable way.

It includes some examples of common information-sharing dilemmas that our staff face, along with suggestions on how they might be considered and resolved.

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Guidance logs

Guidance logs (formerly known as precedent logs) are used by inspectors to apply the National Minimum Standards.

Inspectors use the logs when queries arise about the interpretation of a particular standard, or where clarification is needed on how a particular aspect of a service should be inspected against the standards.

Download guidance logs for:

Nurses agencies (Word, 204 KB)

Domiciliary care (Word, 301 KB)

Care homes for older people (Word, 691 KB)

Care homes for adults (18 to 65) (Word, 656 KB)

Source : CSCI