Skills for Care – Delegated Tasks

Skills for Care is currently working with the DHSC and other key partners to develop definitive guidance to support the safe, consistent and effective delegation of healthcare interventions. Click here for a summary of this work so far In the interim, the two guides...

Changes to provision of Safety needles in Hertfordshire

If you are a care home provider please ensure you read through this important information.  In 2020 a decision was made to change the way that safety needles are accessed across Hertfordshire reflecting HSE and NHSE guidance. The implementation of this decision was...

Temperature checks not required for visitors

Visitors to adult social care settings are no longer required to have a temperature check on arrival. The MHRA have advised there is little scientific evidence to support temperature screening as a reliable method for detection of COVID-19 or other febrile illness,...

Updated NICE guideline on mental wellbeing at work

          NICE’s updated guidance on mental wellbeing at work aims to help those supporting the social care workforce. It includes recommendations on: Supportive work environments External sources of support Training and support for managers...

Living with COVID-19: Support for the care sector

The government’s plan for removing the remaining legal restrictions while protecting people most vulnerable to COVID-19 has been published. The legal requirement for the public to self-isolate was removed on the 24th February 2022. People with COVID-19 or with...