Discounts for carers

5 December 2024

All care workers, including unpaid voluntary carers, can access Discounts for carers. The discounts include everything from department stores to restaurants, holiday parks to broadband. Please promote this widely to ensure your staff can benefit from these discounts.

Categories:

• Personal assistants,
• Personal care at home,
• Personalised support and enabling,
• Residential and nursing care homes,
• Supported living

Cold Weather Plan for England

4 December 2024

The Cold Weather Plan for England has been published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). The plan outlines actions and advice for reducing preventable cold weather-related deaths and ill-health and includes advice and guidance on keeping well and staying warm during cold weather.

Categories:

• Group-based care and day services,
• Personal assistants,
• Personal care at home,
• Personalised support and enabling,
• Residential and nursing care homes,
• Supported living

Reminder for all staff in the use of hoists

21 October 2024

Background: There has been another recent incident where there was significant risk of injury to the individual being hoisted when a gantry hoist collapsed. There have also been several earlier incidents where gantry hoists have collapsed. No fault was found with the equipment in any of the cases. The faults were deemed to be due Continue reading…

Categories:

• Community equipment, minor adaptations and TECS,
• Extra care housing,
• Group-based care and day services,
• Personal assistants,
• Personal care at home,
• Personalised support and enabling,
• Replacement care services,
• Residential and nursing care homes,
• Supported living

Adult social care winter letter 2024 to 2025 from Stephen Kinnock,

24 September 2024

Adult social care winter letter 2024 to 2025 from Stephen Kinnock, Minister of State for Care, setting out the priorities for adult social care this winter.

Categories:

• Supported living,
• Group-based care and day services,
• Personal assistants,
• Personal care at home,
• Personalised support and enabling,
• Residential and nursing care homes

DILIS hoist and sling checks

30 July 2024

Healthcare equipment must be well maintained to ensure clients and care staff remain safe. Inspection and servicing of hoists and slings is a legal requirement under the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER). Hoists and Slings are part of a Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedule, which is in place to make sure the Continue reading…

Categories:

• Community equipment, minor adaptations and TECS,
• Personal care at home,
• Residential and nursing care homes

Community equipment recycling and reuse information

28 July 2024

How and where to return community equipment so it can be recycled and reused? Devon Community Equipment Service Community Equipment in Devon is jointly funded by the NHS & Devon County Council and is provided, on their behalf, by Millbrook Healthcare Ltd, who recycle and reuse as much equipment as possible. The service excludes Plymouth Continue reading…

Categories:

• Extra care housing,
• Community equipment, minor adaptations and TECS,
• Group-based care and day services,
• Personal assistants,
• Personal care at home,
• Personalised support and enabling,
• Replacement care services,
• Residential and nursing care homes

Invacare Robin Hoist Motor – Emergency Stop Function

28 July 2024

Please read the following User Guide regarding the Emergency Stop / Lowering Function on the Invacare Robin Hoist Motor. These are delivered to clients from the Devon Independent Living Integrated Service (DILIS).

Categories:

• Community equipment, minor adaptations and TECS,
• Extra care housing,
• Group-based care and day services,
• Personal assistants,
• Personal care at home,
• Personalised support and enabling,
• Replacement care services,
• Residential and nursing care homes,
• Supported living

Relationships and sexuality in adult social care services

22 July 2024

Guidance for CQC inspection staff and registered adult social care providers

Categories:

• Extra care housing,
• Residential and nursing care homes

Tags: Care providers, CQC guidance, sexuality

Cyber security for small businesses

8 June 2024

Please see the Governments’ Cyber Security Guidance for Small Businesses which provides information about how you can protect your data and your business.

Categories:

• Extra care housing,
• Group-based care and day services,
• Personal assistants,
• Personal care at home,
• Personalised support and enabling,
• Replacement care services,
• Residential and nursing care homes,
• Supported living

Infection, Prevention and Control guidance

28 May 2024

List of guidance published by the department of health and social care found here

Categories:

• Supported living,
• Extra care housing,
• Group-based care and day services,
• Personal assistants,
• Personal care at home,
• Personalised support and enabling,
• Replacement care services,
• Residential and nursing care homes

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