MyNHS - greater transparency for better health and care

"The MyNHS site is a single place where health and care organisations, as well as the public, can compare the performance of services over a range of measures, at both local and national level."

MyNHS - greater transparency for better health and care: MyNHS planning 2015-2017
Department of Health, Public Health England, NHS England
February 2015

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Adult social care efficiency tool

"The Adult social care efficiency tool helps local authorities to understand how their services compare for value for money with similar local authority areas."

Access the tool here.

Local government briefings

"NICE has developed local government briefings for a range of different public health topics. These briefings are meant for local authorities and their partner organisations in the health and voluntary sectors, in particular those involved with health and wellbeing boards."

Read them here.

A fresh start for the regulation and inspection of adult social care

"Regulation has an important role to play in making sure that services provide safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care."

A fresh start for the regulation and inspection of adult social care
Care Quality Commission
October 2013

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Reducing the cost of assessments and reviews

"Councils that spend more on assessments and reviews can make savings without sacrificing service quality, or putting vulnerable people at higher risk."

Reducing the cost of assessments and reviews: an adult social care briefing for councils
Audit Commission
August 2012

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Care Quality Commission market report

"This report presents the results of inspections of more than 14,000 services, between the start of the new regulatory system and 31 March 2012, across all the sectors that CQC currently regulates: healthcare, adult social care and dental care."

Market report
Care Quality Commission
Issue 1
June 2012

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Caring for our future: what service users say

"The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) commissioned this paper as part of its programme on paying for long-term care, which aims to influence the funding and creation of a better system for adult social care in the UK."

Caring for our future: what service users say
P Beresford, E Andrews
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
March 2012

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The state of health care and adult social care in England

"An overview of key themes in care in 2010/11."

The state of health care and adult social care in England
Care Quality Commission
September 2011

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Fairer care funding

"The Commission was asked by the Government to make recommendations on the reform of adult social care funding."


Fairer care funding: the Report of the Commission on Funding of Care and Support
Andrew Dilnot
July 2011

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Improving value for money in adult social care

This briefing presents the starting point for local authority decisions on adult social care spending over the next three years.

Improving value for money in adult social care
Audit Commission
June 2011

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