Gathering evidence – a new guide for care home managers

Nadra Ahmed, chairman of the National Care Association, reviews a new easy-to-use pre-inspection guide for care homes that provide a non-nursing service.

Launched at the National Care Association’s most recent conference, Gathering Evidence – The practical, easy to use a pre inspection guide for care home services without nursing has proved a popular guide and a must-have document for busy care providers.

The beauty and elegance of the guide lies in its simplicity. It truly is an easy-to-follow guide that lightens the bureaucratic maze, making the care provider’s life easier.

Priced at £18, Gathering Evidence is a practical, outcome-by-outcome guide to help home owners and managers to understand what the Care Quality Commission outcomes mean and what policies and procedures link to each outcome.

It asks thought-provoking and helpful questions to ensure the best policies, procedures and documents are developed to meet the requirements of all CQC outcomes.

It is short, written in user-friendly language and provides useful examples and information.

If you own or manage a care home without nursing this 30-page booklet will help you to:

● Have the best policies and procedures to demonstrate the quality of the service you operate.

● Prepare comprehensive evidence for your inspection.

● Support your staff to understand the CQC outcomes and their role in the inspection process.

What do you think?Join the debate on CareSpace

Keep up to date with the latest developments in social care. Sign up to our daily and weekly emails