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Health Secretary sets out intention to safely increase visitors allowed into care homes

The Government’s most recent winter plan announced on 23 November 2020 that it was committed to provide twice weekly testing for regular visits for up to two visitors of care home residents. It now emerges that this testing will be rapid lateral flow testing which provide results on site within 30 minutes at a care …

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Update: CQC’s review of DNACPR during the pandemic

News / By Anna Lemmer

On 12 October 2020, CQC reported that the Department of Health and Social Care (‘DHSC’) asked the regulator to review how Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (‘DNACPR’) decisions were used during the coronavirus pandemic. CQC stated that the scope and methodology of this review are being developed at pace and the review is expected to …

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New guidance on visiting arrangements in Care Homes

News / By Gemma Nicholas

The Department of Health and Social Care has published new guidance on visiting arrangements in care homes. The guidance sets out: the principles of a local approach and dynamic risk assessment advice for providers when establishing their visiting policy advice for providers when taking visiting decisions for particular residents or groups of residents infection control precautions …

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PPE Guidance Update

News / By Gemma Nicholas

Public Health England guidance “COVID-19 How to work safely in care homes” and “COVID19 How to work safely in domiciliary care in England” was first published on 17 and 27 April 2020 respectively and has now been updated. “COVID-19 How to work safely in care homes” guidance has been renamed COVID-19 Personal protective equipment (PPE) …

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COVID-19 – provision of information to the CQC to facilitate data collection

News / By Maddi Gaunt

The CQC has been ramping up its data collection in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Whilst providers are not currently being required to fill in Provider Information Requests (PIRs) because they have been suspended, the CQC is asking providers to give other information to them, as part of its approach to data collection in light …

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Department of Health proposes mandatory training for all care and health staff who deal with patients with learning disabilities and autism

News / By Jenny Wilde

Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock announced yesterday that further mandatory training will be introduced for all care and health staff who deal with patients with learning disabilities and autism. The Government plans to review current training and awareness and determine what additional training may be necessary before it makes changes to the law. …

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Department of Health and Social Care issues update on EU exit plan on 31 October 2019

News / By Ridouts Solicitors

The Department of Health and Social Care wrote to all adult social care providers to detail the steps that the Government has been taking in working collaboratively with all involved in the delivery of adult social care to ensure that contingency plans are in place for both medical and non-medical supplies irrespective of the political …

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