Free Digital Support
We’re excited to announce that we have been successful in securing further funding from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) via the Better Security Better Care (BSBC) programme to extend our FREE local digital support offer to adult social care providers. This includes a number of resources allowing us to support and work with you, to strengthen your data protection and cyber security capabilities.
To celebrate this new phase of support, we are delivering a series of specialised virtual workshops dedicated to providing transitional and enhanced support to embed good data protection and cyber security practices into your daily operations. This additional support will help you work towards embedding data safety as a routine part of your everyday delivery of quality care.
This next stage of the programme is built upon the national success of the 2021 2025 programme which has seen the significant achievement of 76% of care providers now using the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT), up from just 15% in 2021.
Watch this space
We are still providing our popular 1-1 virtual support sessions for providers who need help for to register or complete their DSPT for example, while offering a range of resources including templates, to help you pull together those essential policies, processes and procedures.
Additionally, and new to the programme, we will be offering FREE face-to-face health checks – details of which will be landing soon, so keep any eye out for your invite and further information.
We have a series of four workshops covering all aspects of managing digital risk with tips on how to secure your IT devices and Systems. These will begin in the new year and will run weekly thereafter.
You can pre-book by clicking on the relevant link(s) below:
7 January 2026 10.00 am
14 January 2026 10.00 am
21 January 2026 10.00 am
28 January 2026 10.00 am
Staffing and Roles
Your staff are both your strength and weakness. Inexperienced or untrained employees are a very frequent cause of data breaches.
In this workshop we will look at how you can manage digital risk by ensuring your staff are trained in accordance with regulation(s) and legislation highlighting best practice, policies and procedures.
Policies and Procedures
All organisations need to keep certain documents and have specific policies and procedures in place that supports best practice and where appropriate reflects national polices that underpin your organisation’s data and cyber security.
In this workshop we will look at some key policies such as Privacy Notice, Data Protection Policy and explore why you need to have these in place.
Data Security
Technology has changed the way we work. Sharing data digitally and communicating with others remotely are just a couple of examples of how we now use technology in social care.
As we continue to use technology in this way, we must do it safely and put steps in place to reduce the risk and impact of a data breach or cyber-attack. Phishing, for example, has been identified as the most common type of incident care providers are at risk from, with ransomware being the costliest.
In this workshop we will look at how to recognise and respond to a potential data breach and highlight measures you can take to ensure your data is secure.
IT Systems and Devices
There’s a growing trend of allowing digital devices (e.g. phones, laptops, tablets) to perform job related tasks in the care sector, particularly amongst home care staff. This practice brings benefits to both provider and staff members; however, it also creates challenges and vulnerabilities.
In this workshop, we will explore the pros and cons of allowing your staff to use their own mobile devices for work purposes, and look at what you need to have in place to mitigate the associated risk.
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