Vic Rayner News - Care Home Professional

NCF dismisses PHE data on care home outbreaks as ‘unrepresentative’

Leaders People by Sarah Clarke on June 1, 2021

The National Care Forum (NCF) has branded a report by Public Health England (PHE) that analyses the link between hospital discharges and outbreaks in care homes as “unhelpful” and “unrepresentative”. The PHE study, released on

WATCH: NCF CEO, Vic Rayner, talks to Smooth Digital

Business Events Leaders People by Lee Peart on April 28, 2021

National Care Forum CEO, Vic Rayner, discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social care in the latest episode

Less than one in four providers receiving COVID tests results in 48 hours, NCF finds

Business Research by Lee Peart on November 18, 2020

Less than one in four care providers (24%) are receiving COVID test results within 48 hours, according to the National Care Forum (NCF).

Flu and COVID ‘double whammy’ guidance issued to providers

Best Practice Business Health & Safety Solutions by Lee Peart on October 14, 2020

Guidance on how to prepare for a flu and COVID ‘double whammy’ this winter has been issued by Quality Compliance Systems (QCS) and the National Care Forum (NCF).

THE BIG INTERVIEW: Vic Rayner, Executive Director, National Care Forum

Leaders People by Lee Peart on October 8, 2020

Vic Rayner, executive director of the National Care Forum (NCF), shares how the not for profit care provider community has worked together to rise to the challenges of COVID-19.

Majority of public believe care workers are undervalued and underpaid, NCF finds

Business Events Research by Andrew Seymour on September 2, 2020

The online poll carried out by the National Care Forum also finds that three quarters (74%) believe care staff do a ‘brilliant job’.

NCF calls for reversal on decision to allow CQC inspectors into care homes without testing

Business Compliance Leaders People by Sarah Clarke on August 27, 2020

The NCF said it considers the decision to exclude CQC inspectors from weekly testing prior to visiting care settings an “extraordinary decision”.