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CQC supports digitising social care

In her monthly update newsletter to the adult social care sector, Kate Terroni, Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care (now interim Deputy Chief Exec) at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) confirmed the commission's commitment to digital transformation of adult social care.

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Here's her update:

Since January 2022, the Provider Information Return (PIR) has asked providers: Do you use a Digital Social Care Record (DSCR)? This information has been shared with the NHS Transformation Directorate to understand the uptake of DSCR across England

We'll now allow NHS Transformation to share this data with local authorities and Integrated Care Systems We're sharing this data to reduce the burden as local collections will no longer be needed, to empower local systems to support and understand local need, and to enable targeted funding. There's a lot of support available, from getting the skills in place for your workforce to choosing a digital records supplier

We believe that digital record systems can be more effective than paper-based records and are supportive of the Digital Social Care programme, led by the NHS Transformation Directorate. We know that around half of social care providers are using digital social care records and we support this growing move to digitisation. We want to work closely with NHS Transformation to help them support providers who face barriers to adopting digital social care records

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