Following the announcement of the extension on free Covid-19 Personal Protective Equipment (“PPE”) until the end of March 2023, a new website has been launched to ensure continuity of PPE distribution to frontline health and care staff, and other eligible users. The new website builds on user feedback in order to improve user experience. There …
Since the start of the pandemic the workforce crisis in the adult social care (“ASC”) sector has got progressively worse. Broadly there are three roots to this problem – Brexit, pay, and the pandemic. It has been a combination of these three factors which has left the ASC sector in dire need of support and …
The Staffing Crisis – Regulations must still be met Read More »
The government has just published the outcome of its consultation on fees and frequency of inspection regulations 2022-2023 for children’s home providers. Between 19 November 2021 and 14 January 2022 the government consulted on: A 10% increase on current fees payable by children’s social care providers, for those providers which are not already at full …
As of 31 January 2022, restrictions on the number of visitors in care homes were removed and the length of isolation periods in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak were also reduced. This has been commended as “a huge step forward” across the board in the adult social care sector. As the rules stand, the …
On 20 January 2022, the government updated its guidance on Covid-19 care home testing. Further, on 17 January 2022, the government updated guidance on management of staff and exposed patients as well as admission and care of residents in a care home where there has been a positive Covid-19 case. This will have serious implications …
UPDATE: Guidance On COVID-19 Testing and Isolation Periods in Care Homes Read More »
After pleas from the adult social care sector, the government has finally reduced the restrictions which ban new admissions and visitors in care homes after a Covid-19 outbreak from 28 days to 14 days. While there may be concerns about the safety of residents in care homes due to the contagious nature of the Omicron …
Isolation in the Age of Omicron – How the Rules have Changed for Care Homes Read More »
Following speculation and reports that the Secretary of State has decided to mandate Covid 19 vaccination for NHS workers, Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said the following: “The Covid vaccination programme has been a huge success with almost 45 million over 16s fully vaccinated In the UK, showing that overall …
Who’s Right, Who’s wrong – Should COVID-19 Vaccines be Mandatory? Read More »
With the deadline looming for all care home workers to be fully vaccinated, providers are experiencing increased burdens on them, both financially and legally, in order to keep their services running in line with the law and regulations. Staffing Situation Currently Currently the care industry is seeing vacancy rates increase rapidly – nearly doubling from …
How the £162.5 million Government grant will impact the Social Care Workforce Read More »
In an announcement on 27 October 2021, Rishi Sunak described £4.8 billion in grant funding to local authorities as the “largest increase in core funding for over a decade.” However he did not make it clear whether this money would be ring-fenced or how much of this finding social care would actually see. This was …
Autumn Budget 2021: Where does it leave social care? Read More »
In yet another manifesto breaking announcement, Boris has stated that there will be a new levy which increases national insurance tax and dividends tax by 1.25% each. This will be done in order to raise nearly £36 billion for the health and social care sector over the next three years. According to PM Johnson the …
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