This is a brief overview of the history of the Care Certificate from our Care Certificate Answers page.
In 2013, the Francis Report was published. This was a public inquiry into the serious failings at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. The report had almost 300 recommendations for improvements in the health and social care sector.
As a result of this, later that year, the Cavendish Report was published. This was entitled: An Independent Review into Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers in the NHS and social care settings. One of the proposals from this report was the development of a ‘Certificate of Fundamental Care’.
This recommendation was taken up by the government and so the Care Certificate was developed by Skills for Care, Skills for Health and Health Education, England.
Sources:
- Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry (Francis Report)
- Cavendish Review