The following organisations are acting as Better Security, Better Care Local Support Organisations. They support local care providers to improve their data and cyber security, and complete the Data Security and Protection Toolkit.
*These organisations are also providing regional coordination.
SOUTH WEST
Somerset
Registered Care Providers’ Association, Somerset
Website www.rcpa.org.uk/better-security-better-care/
Email [email protected]
Tel 01823 351630
Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Partners in Care (Dorset)*
Website https://www.picbdp.co.uk/
Email [email protected]
Tel 01202 205847
Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset
Care and Support West
Website https://www.careandsupportwest.com/dspt
Email [email protected]
Tel 07540 458119
Devon, Plymouth and Torbay
Devon Clinical Commissioning Group and Devon Care Homes Collaborative (Devon CCG & DCHC)
Website https://devoncarehomes.org/dspt
Email [email protected]
Tel 01626 912620 (2-5pm Monday to Friday)
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire Care Providers Association
Website https://gcpa.co.uk/home/better-security-better-care/
Email [email protected]
Telephone 07436033514
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Cornwall Parters in Care
Website https://www.cornwallpartnersincare.org
Email [email protected]
Tel 01326 334232
Wiltshire and Swindon
Wiltshire Care Partnership working with BANES, Swindon & Wiltshire Care Skills Partnership
Website www.wiltshirecarepartnership.org.uk
Email [email protected]
Tel 07525 870004
SOUTH EAST
South East wide coordination
The National Care Forum*
Website www.nationalcareforum.org.uk
Email [email protected]
Tel 02475 185524.
Kent and Medway
Innovation and Partnerships Team – Kent County Council & Kent Integrated Care Alliance (KiCA)
Website: In progress, to be updated in due course
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 03000 418087
Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth and Isle of Wight
Hampshire Care Association
Website https://hampshirecare.org/dspt/
Email: [email protected]
Helpline 07434 571207
Surrey
Surrey Care Association
Email [email protected]
Bracknell Forest, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham
Oxfordshire Association of Care Providers (OACP)
(Working in partnership with MKB Care and BCA)
Website www.oacp.org.uk/digital—data-security
Email [email protected]
Tel 01235 248085
East & West Sussex, Brighton & Hove
West Sussex Partners in Care
Website https://westsussexpartnersincare.org/dspt/
Email [email protected]
Tel 07833 302 466
LONDON
London wide co-ordination
NHS London*
Website https://www.england.nhs.uk/london/
Email [email protected]
Tel 020 8148 5045
North East London (Barking & Dagenham, City of London, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest)
North East London Health and Care Partnership
Email [email protected]
North Central London (Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, Islington)
North London Partners in Health and Care
Website https://www.ncltraininghub.org
Email [email protected]
North West London (Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster)
North West London Integrated Care System
Website https://www.england.nhs.uk/north-west-london/
Email [email protected]
South East London (Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark)
Our Healthier South East London
Website https://www.ourhealthiersel.nhs.uk/
Email [email protected]
South West London (Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton, Wandsworth)
South West London Health and Care Partnership
Website https://www.swlondon.nhs.uk/
Email [email protected]
EAST OF ENGLAND
Suffolk
SCA Ltd Suffolk Care Association
Website scaservices.org.uk
Email [email protected]
Tel 01449 490750
Norfolk
Norfolk & Suffolk Care Support Ltd
Website https://norfolkandsuffolkcaresupport.co.uk/bsbc
Email [email protected]
Tel 01603 629211
Central Bedfordshire and Bedford
Activities will also be shared across ICS within Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes
Central Bedfordshire Council
On behalf of Bedfordshire Care Group
Websites https://dspt.bedscaregroupltd.co.uk/
Email [email protected]
Hertfordshire, Essex, Thurrock and Southend
Hertfordshire Care Providers Association*
Website https://www.hcpa.info/data-protection/
Email [email protected]
Tel 01707 708 018
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
The Care Alliance (Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough)
Visit: www.thecarealliancecnp.co.uk
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 07831597711
MIDLANDS
Leicester City, Leicestershire & Rutland (LLR)
East Midlands Care Limited (EMCARE)
Website http://www.emcare.org.uk/
Email [email protected]
Tel 07369 200 247
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire
Nottingham University Hospitals Charity
Email: [email protected]
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin
Partners in Care
Website https://www.partnersincare.org.uk/
Email [email protected]
Tel 01743 860011
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Care Association*
Website https://www.linca.org.uk/DSPT.asp
Email [email protected]
Tel 01522 581073
Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Herefordshire, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton and Worcestershire
West Midlands Care Association*
Website www.wmca.care/dspt
Email [email protected]
Tel 01384 943000 (DSPT helpline)
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire Association of Registered Care Providers (SARCP)
Website https://sarcp.net
Email [email protected]
Tel 07921452913 (Chris Briggs)
Northamptonshire
The Care Alliance (Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough)
Visit: www.thecarealliancecnp.co.uk
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 07831597711
NORTH WEST
Liverpool City Region, Sefton, Halton, Knowsley, St Helens, Wirral, Warrington, Cheshire East, Cheshire West/Chester, Lancashire, Blackpool, Blackburn and Darwen and Cumbria
Liverpool Social care Partnership (LSCP) CIC
Website www.lscpinfo.co.uk/DSPT
Email [email protected]
Tel 0151-270-1703
Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan
Skills for Care
Website: https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk
Email: [email protected]
Tel: Rob Smith – 07834699833
NORTH EAST, YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER
Newcastle, Gateshead, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Durham, Darlington, Stockton On Tees, Redcar and Cleveland, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield, Calderdale, Leeds, East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, NE Lincs, N Lincs, North York’s, City of York , North Kirklees and Wakefield.
DSPT Delivery Support Team – North East & Yorkshire Region*
Email [email protected]
Tel 0113 360 4847
Bradford and Craven
Bradford Care Association
Website http://bradfordcareassociation.org/
Email [email protected]
Our Local Support Partners are also working closely with ADASS regional leads.
Find out more about the full Better Security, Better Care programme.
Last updated 23 June 2022. This page will be updated to include all support partners and their contact details.
