As the pandemic crisis threatens to overwhelm the sector again the Government has released its Winter Plan to help prepare the country for a second wave. Nythan Smith has reflected on this document and highlights the below headlines that will be useful for adult social care providers: £546m additional funding for the Infection Control fund …
The COVID-19 Winter Plan: Headlines for the adult social care sector Read More »
In the CQC’s board meeting on 16 September 2020 the CQC set out its stall for monitoring activity within the adult social care sector. Whilst all proposals are subject to a formal consultation it seems likely that the position that is to be adopted is likely to be in place for the medium to longer …
CQC sets out its stall for the monitoring of adult social care providers Read More »
The Government wrote to care homes and local authority partners on 11 September 2020 confirming that there has been an increase in the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in care homes. The rise in numbers seems to be affecting staff rather than residents, but given the proximity within the settings it might follow that …
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The care sector is reliant on EU workers, in some parts of the country more than others, and it is likely that a number of those without a properly regularised immigration status could see an impact on the sector’s ability to provide adequate levels of staffing to residents and patients. As we head to the …
The National Care Forum has written to the Government to ask that it reverses its decision to not monitor CQC inspectors regularly prior to attending physical inspections within care settings. In the letter the soundness of the decision taken by the Government not to make the testing for Covid-19 of CQC inspectors mandatory is questioned. …
On 31 July 2020 the Government released guidance on the management of staff and exposed patients and residents in health and social care settings. The guidance is clear on what steps are to be taken for positive and negative test results for Covid-19 symptomatic persons when they are tested (not the antibody test). If they …
Key commentators on the adult social care sector (ADASS, LGA and Care England) have all commented on the strict nature of the rules that apply to any local authority and provider that wishes to access funds which were announced on 15 May 2020. Councils are allowed to access the additional monies to support care homes …
The largest care home operator in the UK has written to social care commissioners to request support to protect its income to the equivalent of 90% occupancy levels. At least one of the commissioners that it works with has agreed to offer the assistance it has requested. The death rate within its care homes is …
Occupancy levels in care homes during Coronavirus – provider seeks help Read More »
Covid-19 testing for people in receipt of care at Home appears to be excluded from the Government’s action plan for adult social care. Recent estimates suggest that at least 2/5 of care provided in England and Wales is in the form of home care which leaves a significant omission within the Government’s approach to the …
Guidance on supplier relief required as a result of Covid-19 has confirmed that local authorities should pay suppliers as soon as possible and should be paying invoices due to providers in shorter order than the standard 30 day requirement. Of note within the guidance is the reference to the resolution of disputed invoices as a …
Guidance issued to local authorities on payment of invoices Read More »
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