The below links to new guidance issued for Adult Social Care providers for managing cases of high consequence infectious disease:
These principles are aimed at supporting adult social care providers, managers and staff in England to take initial steps in the unlikely situation where an individual is suspected to have a high consequence infectious disease (HCID). It is unlikely that a person who draws on care would be exposed to an HCID as these are very rare events in the UK.
People who are suspected or confirmed as having an HCID will be managed via established pathways in the NHS. The pathway involves transfer to an NHS hospital by ambulance for testing and assessment by an infectious disease or infection specialist, as well as isolation and treatment in suitable NHS facilities.
The healthcare professional who has identified the suspected case of an HCID needs to call for an ambulance to transfer the person to a hospital setting for further assessment as a suspected HCID.
The guidance sets out what ASC providers and staff should do during the time between a healthcare professional suspecting an HCID, and the person who draws on care being transferred to the NHS by ambulance for further assessment.