Access presentations and webinar recordings on the Better Security, Better Care programme and the Data Security and Protection Toolkit.

For forthcoming national and regional events, please visit our Events page.

Local events for care providers are managed by the local support partners. Find your local support partner and weblinks.

Q&A

We have collated all of the questions from our webinar series in to one comprehensive Q&A.

Download the collated Q&A on completing the DSPT.

Completing the DSPT for the first time 2022/23

Review and Republish your DSPT 2022/23

2024 Webinars

LA Quality Assurance Teams: Why & How to Support Care Providers with the DSPT

This webinar, in partnership with South West ADASS and Devon County Council, covers why the DSPT is becoming increasingly important to Quality Assurance and Improvement Teams, and how they can support providers to use the toolkit – and access the free support from Better Security, Better Care.

LA Commissioners: Why & How to Support Care Providers with the DSPT

This webinar, in partnership with Buckinghamshire Council, covers why the DSPT is becoming increasingly valuable to commissioners of care and how commissioners can support providers to use the toolkit – and access the free support available from Better Security, Better Care.

2023 Webinars

Cyber security essentials: implementing a robust Business Continuity Plan

This webinar, in partnership with The National Cyber Resilience Centre and the Institute of Public Care covers the current context of cyber attacks, protecting your care service: business continuity plan deep dive and free support and resources to strengthen your care service’s resilience from Better Security, Better Care.

Data Protection & Cyber Security: What do new care services need to have in place from the start?

This webinar gives top tips and guidance to brand new care services on data protection and cyber security.

Cyber Attacks on Social Care: A case of ‘when, not if’

This webinar gives top tips and guidance to care services on how to reduce the risk and impact of a cyber attack.

Completing the DSPT: Final Steps

This webinar gives tips and answers those questions that may be stopping you from publishing your DSPT.

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Completing the DSPT (June 2023)

This webinar gives an overview on how to complete and publish your DSPT.

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Completing the DSPT: Top Tips for Multisite Providers

This webinar gives tips to Multisite Providers on completing the DSPT.

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Data Protection & Cyber Security: Top Tips for Small Homecare Services – 11 May 2023

This webinar explains what small homecare services can do to improve their data and cyber security arrangements.

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2022 Webinars

The DSPT for local authorities with inhouse adult social care services  – 10 June 2022

This webinar explains what councils that run in-house adult social care services need to do to ensure they are covered by the DSPT.

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Quick guide: The DSPT for local authorities with inhouse adult social care services

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Local Authority and NHS Commissioners and Quality Assurance Leads: Why and how to support care providers with the DSPT – 17 May 2022

This webinar considers the benefits of care providers having the DSPT and how commissioners and quality assurance leads can raise awareness and encourage uptake of the toolkit.

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Q&A from the webinar, including useful links (coming soon)

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2021 Webinars

Accessing health and care records – 14 October 2021

This webinar explores what systems are available and in development, their benefits and how to access them. The session also covers how care providers can use the Data Security and Protection Toolkit to demonstrate that they are following good data and cyber security practice – which in turn can open up access to these new and emerging shared data systems.

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Cyber security for care providers: reduce the risk and respond to attacks – 29 September 2021

This webinar considered the range of common cyber attacks, their impact on care providers, and how to reduce and manage attacks. It also outlined a range of support offers to care providers from Digital Social Care, the National Cyber Security Centre and the Cyber Resilience Centres. Care providers can use the Data Security and Protection Toolkit to check their cyber security arrangements and demonstrate that they have good systems in place. This can reduce the risk of an attack, and reduce the risk of a fine if an attack is successful.

Presentation – Download a PDF of the presentation which includes links to useful resources

FAQs – Read our updated FAQs, including questions raised about cyber security during this webinar.

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Collaborating on data and cyber security – 12 May 2021

This webinar and panel discussion  considered how the Better Security, Better Care programme and the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) support:

  • key national initiatives on data and cyber security (e.g. Joining Up Care, access to GP records, discharge records etc)
  • the roles of commissioners, regulators, software suppliers and policymakers, as well as care providers

Presentation – Download a PDF of the presentation

Q&A – Download a PDF of the panel’s responses to questions.

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Local authorities and CCGs

LA and CCG commissioners and Better Security, Better Care – May 2021

A series of regional webinars for local authority and CCG commissioners of adult social care services. The webinars focus on what’s happening in their region, and how commissioners can support their local providers to complete the Data Security and Protection Toolkit.

East of England – May 2021

Midlands – May 2021

South West – May 2021

North East and Yorkshire and the Humber – May 2021

North West – June 2021

South East – June 2021

Local authority in-house adult social care services and the DSPT – May 2021

This webinar is for local authorities that run their own inhouse adult social care services. The webinar explains why and how they should complete the Data Security and Protection Toolkit.