At Nourish, we’re proud to announce our sponsorship of the Care Consultancy Accreditation Framework (C-CAF). An important initiative designed to bring greater quality assurance and consistency to the growing world of care consultancies.
“Our goal at Nourish is always to get the right information in front of the right people at the right time. Whether it’s providing a specific appointment time or analysing trends for a month’s worth of visits. We take the same approach to our partnerships. C-CAF gets the right people where they need to be, and along with our own internal standards, we are proud to sponsor them as we continue to support more connected, confident, care and support communities across the UK.”
Denise Tack
Director of Partnerships
Supporting clarity and confidence in care consultancy
Consultancies play an increasingly important role in supporting care and support providers across the UK. They cover a range of areas from compliance and operations to digital transformation. Yet, as their presence grows, so too does the need for clear standards, accountability and trust.
That’s where care consultancy accreditation framework comes in. C-CAF provides a robust accreditation framework that helps care providers identify consultancies that meet recognised standards of practice and ethics. It’s a valuable step towards more transparent, quality-assured support for providers and their communities.
Taking accreditation a step further with the Nourish Partnership Programme
We sponsor C-CAF because we recognise the potential of partnerships in health and social care. We already champion a more connected digital future through our Nourish Partnership Programme.
To join the Nourish Partnership Programme, consultancies undergo additional training and review. Ensuring they understand and uphold the values, standards and best practices that underpin the Nourish ecosystem.
Once they’ve completed this process, consultancies receive the Nourish Approved Partner badge. Visible proof that they are part of the Nourish Partnership Programme and have met our framework for quality and collaboration.
Approved Partner Integrated
Care and support have many specialisations and so does care and support technology. We see Nourish as a nucleus for your digital ecosystem, sitting at the base of your service. Our integration partners offer specialised systems that integrate fluidly with ours. Helping you to simplify your workflows and improve your outcomes.
Approve Partner Consultancy
Trust is essential for successful partnerships. We apply our rigorous standards of quality to ensure we partner with the best consultants. People with relevant experience and a proven track record. So you know both who to turn to, and when you need to.
Approved Partner Innovation
Inspiration is easy to find in the care and support sector. The culture of growth and progress in the face of challenges frequently produces incredible initiatives. We partner with promising innovations to raise the awareness and profile of exciting ideas. Once they pass our standards of course!
Working together for better care
Our goal is to ensure that every organisation supporting care providers whether through consultancy, software or services is aligned in delivering better outcomes, safer practices, and more confident care.
We’re thrilled to support C-CAF’s mission. We’re committed to playing our part in building a more transparent, trusted and collaborative health and social care sector.
To find out more about the care consultancy accreditation framework and our involvement, visit their website.
We are proud to announce our commitment to environmental targets through collaboration with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). This marks a significant step in Nourish’s long-term environmental strategy. Reinforcing our dedication to building a resilient and responsible future for the UK social care sector.
“We believe that building for the future means taking responsibility today.” said John Billington, Chief Financial Officer of Nourish Care. “Our commitment to science-based targets reflects our values as a company and our role in supporting a sustainable social care ecosystem, both environmentally and operationally.”
What is the Science Based Targets initiative?
The SBTi is a global body enabling businesses to set emissions reduction targets in line with climate science and the goals of the Paris Agreement. By working with SBTi, companies ensure their climate actions are credible, transparent, and effective.
Nourish Care’s targets are publicly listed on the SBTi dashboard.
As a technology provider to care organisations across the UK, Nourish understands the importance of reducing environmental impact while supporting the wellbeing of communities. By aligning with SBTi, Nourish is helping to future-proof themselves and their users.
As part of its pledge, Nourish Care will maintain zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions through 2034. Additionally, we will measure and reduce Scope 3 emissions from a 2024 baseline. The SBTi team assessed and validated these targets. They checked them against the SME Criteria Assessment Indicators (v1.0) and ensured they are aligned with the latest climate science and global best practices.
The SBTi uses three categories of greenhouse gas emissions to help organisations set and track climate goals. These categories are Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol defines these scopes, a widely used international accounting tool.
We are proud to announce Nourish Care are the latest and largest social care software supplier to be fully compliant with the new Digital Social Care Records (DSCR) standards set by the Assured Solutions List (ASL), a register of digital solutions assured by NHS England. Our compliance with these standards across all forms of care reflects our commitment to the present realities and future potential of social care software. We are incredibly proud to provide best in class solutions for the over 235,000 carers using Nourish every day in a wide variety of care settings to support more than 385,000 people to live the lives they want to live; in a place they can call home.
The new compliance regulations were announced last year and Nourish has been busy ensuring that it meets each of the 14 standards. This level of screening will mean that only software suppliers who meet stringent standards will be able to remain on the NHS Assured Solutions List.
“We welcome more robust standards in the industry. It creates greater security for care providers and those receiving care. With an ageing population in the UK and a greater demand for domiciliary care, it’s a timely move. These new standards will ensure that the care sector is more cohesive, data is protected and used in accordance with the regulatory requirements and that all providers operate at the same, high level of best practice”
Jess Osmond
Head of Legal and Compliance at Nourish
The new DSCR standards, which must be fully met by everybody on the ASL, represent the next step of Social Care’s digitisation journey. An evolving emphasis on data, security and interoperability that reflects the success and potential of digital software in care.
1. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery – this ensures the core provider that they will be fully equipped to provide the required services in any eventuality
2. Clinical Safety – providers must comply with clinical risk management standard
3. Commercial – outlines standards of behaviour for commercial relationships
4. Data migration – to ensure data migration is safe and effective
5. Data standards – standards for storage, management and organisation of data
6. About Me (PRSB)* – regulations around the sharing of personal data
7. Personalised Care and Support Plan Standard (PRSB)* – to make sure people have the right information in order to manage their own care
8. Hosting and infrastructure – best practices for infrastructure and hosting systems
9. Information Governance – ensures personal data remains confidential
10. Non-Functional Questions – to ensure suppliers understand the non-functional landscape
11. Testing – to make sure all suppliers test processes are rigorous and of a high quality
12. Interoperability – standards and protocols to ensure that systems can work together
13. GP Connect – to ensure the safe sharing of data held within GP IT solutions
14. E-mail – supports the secure transmission of confidential information by NHS e-mail systems (not applicable to Nourish)
“We’ve always operated at this level, but until now, we haven’t had to prove it to anyone outside of our users and their communities. We’ve had to go through audits and rigorous scrutiny to prove we are doing exactly what we say we are. We are delighted that we’ve been shown to fully comply with all the new standards.”
Jess Osmond
Head of Legal and Compliance
You can review the Assured Solutions List and check what suppliers meet the new standards here.
Digital social care will continue to grow and develop as care providers make it a fundamental part of their processes. We at Nourish are committed to joining our users on this journey by working with them, and the Department of Health and Social care, to build a brighter, better, social care future for us all.
If you’d like to be a part of this future contact us to learn more about how we work with our users.
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