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Where can I access up to date facts and figures on the care home sector?
The care home sector is diverse, but there is a lot of good information on the overall trends. ECCA commissions research and conducts detailed policy work. Check our facts and figures document
Who do I contact for press information?
ECCA's press office is happy to help with any enquiries. Please call 020 7220 9595, check our Press Releases page or email press@ecca.org.uk
Which Government department is responsible for care homes?
Responsibility for care homes falls within the Department of Health. ECCA would like this Department to have a greater emphasis on social care and to be renamed the Department for Health and Social Care. At present, Ivan Lewis MP is Minister for Community Care and care homes are within his Ministerial portfolio. The Government is trying to ensure greater personalisation of health and social care services which means ensuring people have choice and control over the care they receive.
What is the Government’s policy on care homes?
The Government has a vision for social care which is being overseen by the Director General for Social Care, David Behan and ECCA is advising the Government on the position of residential care in the continuum of care. For further information on policy issues contact ann.mackay@ecca.org.uk
Who regulates independent care homes?
Since April 2004 the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) has regulated all care homes. CSCI incorporates work formerly done by The National Care Standards Commission (NCSC). For the first time, one single organisation has a total overview of the whole social care industry. CSCI's primary function is to promote improvements in social care by putting the service user at the centre. The Government is proposing bringing the CSCI together with the Healthcare Commission and the Mental Health Act Commission into a single regulatory operation from April 2009.
Visit the CSCI website
Who is ECCA?
Click through to our About Us page
Who governs ECCA?
The ECCA Board sets the overall strategy and direction.The Board reflects ECCA's diverse membership. For details of Board members, please click here
Other staff who you might like to contact are Martin Green, Chief Executive; Ann Mackay, Director of Policy; Richard Stokes Membership & Commercial Development Director; Maria Patterson External Relations Manager; Say Wee Tan Finance Manager; Kelly Lesurf Office Manager; Alistair White, Marketing Consultant; Vicki Woodthorpe, Communications Consultant. Click here for contact details.
Who can join ECCA?
ECCA members are drawn from the independent sector and cover a wide range of care home providers, including single care homes, small and large groups including both not for profit and private. Members represent a host of organisations that have cumulatively invested £5 billion over the last 20 years.
To find out more about membership and membership advantages go to our membership page, call Richard Stokes on 020 7220 9595 or email membership@ecca.org.uk
What are the benefits of joining ECCA?
The members are the most important element of ECCA and their concerns and views are of paramount importance. ECCA provides services to members by engaging with central and local government on issues concerning social and health care policy and regulation including direct representation with the Department of Health and the Commission for Social Care Inspection. Where appropriate, ECCA supports and gets involved with members interests at the local level responding to policies and providing experienced and professional services. Click here to go to our Membership page.
How many care homes does ECCA represent?
ECCA is the leading representational body for independent care homes in England. It represents a wide range of homes across England, including single care homes, small and large groups, both not for profit and private. If you would like to join please email membership@ecca.org.uk
What are the biggest issues facing independent care homes?
ECCA represents its members on a whole host of issues. The key policy areas include:
- Funding
- Regulation
- Standards
- Criminal Record Bureau checks and the new safe-guarding proposals.
- Recruitment and retention of staff and many more...............
Speak Up for Care Homes
Do you feel passionately about the issues facing care homes? If so why not become an advocate and speak up for Care Homes? You will not need any specific training, only the willingness to put your case forward to the press and decision makers including Ministers, MPs and Councillors. Rest assured that the exercise is neither arduous nor time consuming. ECCA aspires to draw on your expertise and build a contact database of individuals on the ground in order to be able to signpost journalists, politicians and civil servants on a particular issue. To find out more, email maria.patterson@ecca.org.uk
How do I contact ECCA?
Click through to our Contact Us page
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