Volunteer Programme extending into adult social care

Health ministers are to recruit a new volunteer team for social care to deliver medical equipment and medication to individual’s homes in a bid to free up hospital wards. This new scheme has been stated in the Guardian news as well as in the recent Skills for Care...

Lloyds Pharmacy closures

We have been made aware that from Saturday the 22nd of April, Lloyds Pharmacy will no longer provide pharmacy services within Sainsbury’s supermarkets. This is a national decision which will affect these seven Lloyds pharmacies currently operating from Sainsbury’s...

NHS Capacity Tracker Update

All CQC regulated services are now required by the Department of Health and Social Care to update the NHS Capacity Tracker system.  Please ensure your service updates regularly to avoid potential fines. This data is vital and will provide the local authority as well...

NHS Healthy Start – Get help for staff to buy healthy food and milk

What is it? The scheme is designed to help families access fruit, vegetables, and milk, worth £220 a year. Families who use NHS Healthy Start can also access free vitamins. If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under four years old, and in receipt of...

Important Changes to the Capacity Tracker

Important Changes to the Capacity Tracker from Monday evening, 10th August 2020. Following feedback, we have made some small changes the questions in Capacity Tracker on Infection Prevention and Control. From 6pm BST Monday 10th August 2020, you will see that: The...