The Gold Standards Framework Competitors

We believe in a world where everyone can love later life. Age UK is here to inspire, enable and support people to make the most of later life. We provide companionship, advice and support for millions of people facing later life alone. Age UK is the country's largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. The over-60s is the fastest-growing group in society and there are more of us than ever before so we provide services and support at a national and local level to inspire, enable and support older people. We stand up and speak for all those who have reached later life, and protect the long-term interests of future generations.

The NIHR is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research. We do this by: - Funding high quality, timely research that benefits the NHS, public health and social care; - Investing in world-class expertise, facilities and a skilled delivery workforce to translate discoveries into improved treatments and services; - Partnering with patients, service users, carers and communities, improving the relevance, quality and impact of our research; - Attracting, training and supporting the best researchers to tackle complex health and social care challenges; - Collaborating with other public funders, charities and industry to help shape a cohesive and globally competitive research system; - Funding applied global health research and training to meet the needs of the poorest people in low and middle income countries. Follow this page to stay up-to-date with the latest NIHR news, information and resources. If you're interested in information specific to the life sciences industry you may also want to follow NIHR Industry or if you're one of the many researcher or health care professionals already working with us you may find the updates from NIHR Community of interest

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and we encourage care services to improve.