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...
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,...
Following on from the COVID-19 guidance webinars we have created some key documents to help explain the guidance: Admissions into the Home: Click here Testing in social care settings and actions if someone is positive or symptomatic: Click here Car Sharing: Click here...
Several guidance documents regarding testing for adult social care services has been updated. The Minister for Care and Mental Health, Gillian Keegan has also written to care colleagues outlining the recent changes. Click here to read the letter. Updated guidance...
DHSC have amended the “Admission and care of residents in care home” guidance and the “visiting in care homes guidance” The key change is a change to the length of an outbreak. This has now been reduced from 14 days to 10 days. Outbreak recovery testing should...
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...
