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Andy McCabe

Social care leaders must open their minds to technology to support wellbeing, argues social worker and games industry advisor, Andy McCabe, this Disability History Month.

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Spending time to care

Halving the time spent on admin has boosted care quality and business growth, according to care providers and social care teams.

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Care at home

All funding will be allocated for DSCRs by the end of November 2024 so please act now. The dynamic purchasing system (DPS) will also close as a procurement route on 20 December 2024, but the assured solutions list will continue.

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Our research shows time taken reviewing care plans is halved with a digital social care record solution and that data quality is vastly improved.

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Person learning online

Do you have ideas on how to improve secure mail/NHSmail for social care? Then we want to hear from you in our short survey - share your feedback now!

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An older woman sat on a bed being helped by a carer to put a cardigan on

Professionals supporting people with learning disabilities and mental health conditions say having instant access to information about their clients through digital social care records has proved invaluable.

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Olu Ogunbuyide

Celebrating Black History Month, DiSC workforce manager Olu Ogunbuyide urges social care colleagues to join the Shuri Network.

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Women chatting about work on a computer

Over the last few years the adult social care sector in England has made a huge leap forward in its use of technology to support people’s care.

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woman using iPad in care home

A final deadline to secure funding to set up digital social care records has now been announced. Care providers need to apply by November for the Adult Social Care Digital Transformation Fund, which ends this year.