MyCareGuard resourceshttps://mycareguard.uk/resources/Plain-English guides for registered managers of care services in England, each point cited to the Regulations, the CQC’s guidance, NICE or the DBS: what to notify and when, medicines in home care, what training the law requires, the checks in every staff file, and how CQC scores and rates a service.en-gbCQC’s assessment framework explained for a small care service (October 2026)https://mycareguard.uk/resources/cqc-single-assessment-framework-explained/https://mycareguard.uk/resources/cqc-single-assessment-framework-explained/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Five key questions, 34 quality statements, a score of 1 to 4 and the percentage thresholds that set a rating. What each means, what CQC says will change, and what a small service keeps ready.Recruiting care workers: the checks and documents CQC expects in every staff filehttps://mycareguard.uk/resources/care-worker-recruitment-checks-cqc/https://mycareguard.uk/resources/care-worker-recruitment-checks-cqc/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000What Regulation 19 and Schedule 3 say must be available for every person you employ, how DBS Adult First and the Update Service fit, how long to keep records, and the 1 October 2026 right to work change.Care staff training: what is actually required, what CQC expects, and what is good practicehttps://mycareguard.uk/resources/care-staff-training-what-is-actually-required/https://mycareguard.uk/resources/care-staff-training-what-is-actually-required/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000What regulation 18 says, what the law names (learning disability and autism training), what CQC expects (the Care Certificate) and what Skills for Care recommends. A table of topic, who and source.Managing medicines in home care: the support you give, the MAR chart, and what to do when something goes wronghttps://mycareguard.uk/resources/managing-medicines-in-home-care/https://mycareguard.uk/resources/managing-medicines-in-home-care/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000What NICE NG67 asks of a home care service on medicines: assess, write the support into the care plan, keep the MAR, check competence, and learn from errors and near misses.Statutory notifications to CQC: what you must report, by when, and what happens nexthttps://mycareguard.uk/resources/cqc-notifications-what-to-report-and-when/https://mycareguard.uk/resources/cqc-notifications-what-to-report-and-when/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000Which events must be reported to CQC, how soon, on what form, and what the Regulations say about not notifying. A table by regulation.