NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency have created a toolkit of resources to raise awareness of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) prevention, symptom recognition and treatment which includes advice on how and when to seek help.
Principles of infection prevention and control – resources Infection Prevention and Control – An Introduction This is a half-day Zoom webinar is for all staff that work in residential, day care or supported living services. It can be completed as part of an induction programme or as an update to ...
COVID-19 adult social care action plan The action plan sets out how the government will support the adult social care sector in England through COVID-19. It is applicable for all care settings including people’s homes, residential care homes and nursing homes. See Section 1 for guidance on contro...
CQC registered residential and dom care providers - How to access free and emergency PPE The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), in partnership with NHS Supply Chain, have implemented a new PPE portal platform to ensure continued access to free PPE and related items for eligible users un...
GP support for care homes In all areas of West Sussex, GP practices are able to offer extra support to their care home patients. A number of different support packages are available dependent on location and to cover the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Not all practices will have capacity to pro...
Websites and social media advice While posting information on websites and social media can help to keep people connected during the COVID-19 outbreak, we advise that you carefully consider sharing detail which might link your care setting to a specific incident. Social media content can be picke...
Easy read COVID-19 There is a library of easy read COVID-19 resources on the main Connect to Support website. Topics covered include: How to stay safe Staying at home and shielding Shopping Looking after your mental health If you are ill Information for staff supporting you Easy read resources ca...
Business Continuity Management is a process that helps a business, group or an individual care worker to manage the risks to the smooth running of their delivery of a service. Ensuring that the services they provide to others can continue in the event of a disruption, or at least be resumed as qui...
As a provider of care services, you’ll be aware of the important decisions facing people and their families when they're thinking about long-term care and how to fund it. The Carewise care funding scheme can bring benefits to them and to your business. Get specialist independent advice Carewise pr...
In 2022, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) asked all local authorities to complete a cost of care exercise for domiciliary care services, (supporting adults over the age of 18) and residential and nursing homes, (supporting adults over the age of 65) and to submit information on the...
Relating to the care markets for domiciliary care (+18) and residential and nursing homes (+65) the Market Sustainability Plan (MSP) summarises the challenges facing the care market and identifies the way that providers and the county council will work together to ease the crisis. We’ve worked wit...
