Adult social care update
Your round-up of the latest news, guidance and resources for care sector colleagues
New guidance and resources for ‘vaccines as a condition of deployment’ in care homes From 11 November 2021 anyone working in a CQC regulated care home, providing nursing or personal care, will need to be fully vaccinated, unless they are exempt. The Government has published new guidance about how the regulations will be implemented.
Vaccines as a condition of deployment resources available The Department of Health and Social Care has worked with Skills for Care to provide additional resources, to help care home managers and providers prepare for the new regulations. This includes a social media graphic with the key policy dates, a Q&A, vaccine communications toolkit and materials to support workforce capacity planning, recruitment, and retention.
CQC publishes 'vaccines as a condition of deployment' guidance The Care Quality Commission has published additional guidance, detailing how 'vaccines as a condition of deployment' regulations will be enforced.
Webinar: Your questions answered on ‘vaccines as a condition of deployment’ in care homes The Department of Health and Social Care is hosting a webinar, to answer any questions care home managers and providers might have about the new regulations on 'vaccines as a condition of deployment'.
The webinar will take place at 12:30 on Tuesday 17 August 2021.
Blogwatch: experience of vaccines as a condition of deployment Dr Pete Calveley, Chief Executive of Barchester Healthcare, sets out how they have encouraged residents and colleagues to take the COVID-19 vaccine, as the first social care provider to launch a vaccination policy.
Vaccinations for unpaid carers Hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers have now received their COVID-19 vaccine – an important step in protecting themselves and the people they care for from coronavirus.
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