This document has been produced by NHS England with the help and support of the Department of Health, Public Health England, Housing Learning and Improvement Network, Local Government Association, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, NHS Alliance, Registered Nursing Home Association, NHS Improvement, Care England and UK Homecare Association

Specialthanks goes to these organisations for their support, time, effort and commitment during the development of this Quick Guide:

  • Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS)

  • Age UK (National)

  • Age UK Norfolk

  • Age UK Manchester

  • Ashford and St.Peter's Hospitals NHS trust

  • AT Dementia

  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust

  • Borough of Poole Council

  • Bournemouth Borough Council

  • British Medical Association

  • Cambridgeshire County Council

  • Care & Repair (National)

  • Care & Repair (Regional)

  • Care England

  • Carers UK

  • CHS Healthcare

  • Complete Care

  • CSH Surrey (Community Healthcare Provider)

  • Department of Health

  • Derby City Council

  • Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust

  • Dorset CCG

  • Dorset County Council Adult Services

  • Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust

  • Emergency Care Improvement Programme

  • Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

  • First Community Health & Care

  • First Stop

  • Foundations UK (including Home Improvement Agencies)

  • Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Healthwatch Liverpool

  • Healthwatch Rochdale

  • Healthwatch England

  • Healthwatch Stoke

  • Housing Learning and Improvement Network

  • Islington Council

  • Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group

  • Leeds City Council

  • Local Government Association

  • Newham CCG

  • Macmillan Cancer Support

  • Middlesbrough Council

  • NHS Alliance

  • NHS Choices

  • NHS Dorset CCG

  • NHS England

  • NHS IMAS

  • NHS Improvement

  • NHS Protect

  • NICE

  • Pathway

  • Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Public Health England

  • Registered Nursing Home Association

  • Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Shared Lives

  • Skills for Care

  • Social Care Institute for Excellence

  • South Gloucestershire CCG

  • South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust

  • Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

  • Staffordshire Cares

  • Suffolk County Council

  • Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

  • Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

  • Surrey County Council

  • The Queen's Nursing Institute

  • The Tavistock Institute

  • UK Homecare Association

  • University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust

  • University Hospitals for Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

  • Virgin Care

  • Wigan Council

  • Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead CCG