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Abi Spence
Registration and Inspection SpecialistAbi has worked for and with Government agencies relevant to social care for the past 12+ years. Primarily with the Department of Health, Social Services Inspectorate, Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) and since its inception the Care Quality Commission (CQC). As part of this long involvement Abi has developed a wide and detailed understanding of relevant issues and has worked closely with stakeholders such as people that use services, carers, providers, local government, the Department of Health, Ofsted and the Audit Commission. Read more
Posts by Abi Spence:
Choose Kindness- Anti-Bullying Week 2020
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistThis year during Anti-Bullying week from 16-20th November, the anti-bullying alliance will be raising awareness in their anti-bullying campaign ‘United...
Raising Awareness of Epilepsy
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistIt’s Epilepsy awareness month in the US – and we think it should be here too! Did you know new...
Right Support, Right Care, Right Culture
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistCQC launch new guidance to support autism and/or learning disability services. Getting it right Updating their approach to registering autism and learning...
Friendship Month: Why Friends are so Important (All the Time)
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistWhere Friendship Grows Friendships sprout in the most unlikely of places, am I right? The postman, the bus driver, physio, the older...
What do I need to prove to be outstanding?
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistWhat do I need to prove to be outstanding? It can feel kind of tough to work out what CQC are...
A good idea
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistIs your CQC regulated service a pipe dream, or one with legs? Childhood memories It was cosy. Definitely cosy. The Elddis wisp...
Listening through the silence
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistI like my mother feel uncomfortable in the silence. We fill in every perceived gap, crevis and tiny nook with...
When you can’t get a yes to CQC Registration what do you need to do?
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistLuck of the draw I have bought a lot of raffle tickets in my time. I try and hold the belief...
Taking the reindeer by its horns
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistA Positive approach to Christmas and the New Year I have been working out. I was hoping to live on the...
The State of Social Care
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistLooking at the ‘state’ of it. I always think the title sounds like an old dress being brought out to check...
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