NMDS-SC Online: National Minimum Data Set for Social Care
Having listened to employers, Skills for Care is pleased to announce that we have improved a number of features making the NMDS-SC Online even easier to use.
Issue 11 provides an overview of the growing importance of information derived from the NMDS-SC for the social care sector.
Changes will be formally made to the National Minimum Data Set for Social Care (NMDS-SC) with effect from 1 October 2010.
There are a number of adult social care employers who have provided workforce information to Skills for Care but have not activated their online accounts.
The Information Centre’s latest Collections newsletter supports the use of the NMDS-SC to replace the SSDS001 which also provides a considerable amount of information that will assist Councils with Adult’s Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in their strategic planning for social care provision.
Ninety-two per cent of Directors have begun key work on the Integrated Local Area Workforce Strategies, or InLAWS – deemed essential by government – according to landmark survey research today released by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) and Skills for Care.
Issue 8 of the National Minimum Dataset for Social Care (NMDS-SC) Briefing concentrates on pay across the adult social care sector.
Proposed changes to the NMDS-SC are received by the NMDS-SC Data User Group. This group evolved from the Technical Stakeholder Group that did the original detailed work on developing the NMDS-SC, and is now made up of representatives of social care employers, the Department of Health, the Care Quality Commission (former CSCI), the Information Centre for Health and Social Care, the Local Government Association, the General Social Care Council, Skills for Care and other interested parties.
On Monday 27 April the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), in partnership with the Local Government Association (LGA) and Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC), opens a 12 week consultation on draft data standards for the children's workforce. The closing date is Friday 17 July.
Local Authority, Adult Social Care Services across England are engaging with the national dataset.