The government is urging the public to register their interest in taking up short-term paid work in the adult social care sector to help to meet urgent additional staffing requirements. The government state that “the impact of the new COVID-19 variant is being felt across the country and additional staff are urgently needed now to …
Ridouts is delighted to partner with Suffolk Association of Independent Care Providers, an esteemed champion for the sector. SAICP ensures the voices of independent care providers in Suffolk are heard and provides its members with access to relevant and helpful resources. Ridouts provide legal, operational and strategic advice to providers who are faced with matters …
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There was an 8% decrease in occupancy levels within the older persons’ care home market between March and September 2020. Conservative estimates project that occupancy levels will grow to return to pre-pandemic levels by 2023 with the return gradually rising to meet these levels. More aggressive projections see the market for older people’s care homes …
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The Department of Health and Social Care has announced further funding for the Social care sector to boost staffing levels and testing. The funding is aimed at protecting and supporting staff and residents in care homes and those receiving help in their own homes. £120m of the fund is in addition to the …
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Recognising the increased pressure on health and social care at present, CQC have announced that, for the time being, they will continue to only undertake inspection activity in response to a serious risk of harm or where it supports the system’s response to the pandemic. What this means for providers of health and social care …
Images that will be remembered from this pandemic are those of friends and family visiting their loved ones through the windows of care homes. These images are illustrative of how much harder it has been to stay in touch with someone who lives in a care home during the pandemic. Visits were severely restricted during …
In an address to the nation on 4 January 2021, Boris Johnson set out the ambition to vaccinate all care home residents, older adults and all frontline health and social care workers by 15 February 2021. This will be welcomed by the sector and sets an aspirational deadline giving the sector some reassurance as to …
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Irrespective of the Tier in which a provider is based, visits to care homes may continue. Indoor visits are permitted for those in Tiers 1 to 3 subject to suitable precautions being in place for infection control. Indoor visits are not allowed to take place at those services in Tier 4 locations but visits are …
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The Department of Health and Social Care (“DHSC”) guidance, ‘Tier 4: Stay at Home: What you can and cannot do in areas with a very rapidly rising level of infections, where tighter restrictions are in place’ which was published on 19 December 2020 and updated on 22 December 2020 refers to care home visiting arrangements …
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CQC finds that some Do Not Attempt CPR orders in care homes during the pandemic may have been inappropriately put in place The CQC’s initial findings from a report into the inappropriate use of DNACPR orders within care homes finds that those in place could have potentially caused avoidable deaths. Note that this report is …
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