This blog includes:
- Why neighbourhood health services are being introduced
- What this means for care providers
- How accreditation can help
The new 10-year plan for the NHS aims to “bring care closer to home” through neighbourhood health services. The first wave of these services was launched in September 2025.
Why neighbourhood health services?
- By moving care from hospitals to communities, care becomes more accessible
- Focusing on deprived areas helps to tackle inequalities
- Multiple services can work together, including GPs, nurses, pharmacists, social care workers, etc.
- Improving support for long-term conditions (e.g. diabetes, COPD and arthritis) with wrap-around care
What does this mean for care providers?
Care providers, including residential and domiciliary carers, will increasingly work with NHS staff teams. Carers may be expected to take on more responsibilities and manage more complex needs.
How can accreditation help?
- Demonstrate externally verified quality and compliance, establishing your organisation as a trustworthy care partner
- Tailor your training to your staff and to your specific neighbourhood/community needs
- Save time and costs involved in booking and facilitating external training providers
Generic vs In-House Training
Generic |
In-House |
| Off-the-shelf content | Customisable content to suit your community’s needs |
| Variable quality | Checked against our robust quality criteria |
| Harder to provide evidence to regulators like the CQC | Easy to provide evidence of learning (e.g. syllabi, presentation slides, certificates) to regulators like the CQC |
| High cost of paying an external trainer and making large groups of staff available for training | Opportunity to have your own staff become accredited trainers and deliver courses as and when staff are available |
| May not include content on new neighbourhood models | Designed for adaptability and flexibility, with content regularly updated to reflect changes in the sector |
Key Takeaways
- Big changes are on the way for residential and domiciliary care providers.
- Carers will be expected to work in partnership with NHS teams within the community.
- Accreditation enables care organisations to deliver customisable training courses at a lower cost than hiring external training providers.
If you are interested in becoming an accredited training centre with Advantage, please contact us.