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ASC Provider briefing - 06 May 2022
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Dear Care Provider Colleagues,
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Welcome to this week's briefing.
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Thank you to all who joined us for the Provider Webinar with Mel Lock on Tuesday. The full agenda and details on how to view the recording are below.
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This week's briefing includes a survey from pharmacy services, details about the latest IPC guidance update, information on reconditioning and physical activity, mental health awareness week, and accessing staff discounts, as well as the usual event reminders.
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Please find the latest news and updates from Adult Social Care below:
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Latest Covid-19 Outbreak update
(Friday 06 May 2022)
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We have seen a further reduction in our 7 day rate per 100k this week, today being reported at 130.2 (for the period 26th April to 2nd May).
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Provider Webinar and Q&A
In this webinar Mel Lock (Director of Adult Social Care) was joined by Liz Green (Public Health), Denise D’Souza (Deputy Director), Lianne Clarke (SASP), David Partlow (Strategic Manager), and Suzi Arnold-Fry (Communications).
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- Public health update where we are and any changes in infection control. View the slides here.
- Reconditioning and increasing physical activity with Lianne from SASP. Presentation Slides and more details below.
- Introduction from Denise D’Souza, the new Deputy Director for Adult Social Care Commissioning
- One of last year’s grants
- Insurance and national position
- Somerset Day – Weds 11 May
- Dementia Action week – 16 – 22 May
Pharmacy services survey
We are looking for your views to make sure that community pharmacies in Somerset are providing the right services for local people. Health and Wellbeing Boards are required, every three years, to make sure that communities have equal access to pharmacy services in their areas. This is called a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) – a draft PNA has been published at www.somersetintelligence.org.uk/pna.html. As part of the process, we’re running a consultation from Wednesday 27 April until Saturday 25 June. You can complete the online survey here. The survey is primarily aimed at stakeholders such as neighbouring Health and Wellbeing Boards, but we welcome comments from anyone so please share widely with your contacts.
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IPC Guidance Update
The IPC supplement doc has been updated.
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Infection prevention and control in adult social care: COVID-19 supplement
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Updated 3 May 2022 - main changes:
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- Extended list of symptoms added
- Additional guidance on symptoms in frail elderly people
- New section on assessing those at higher risk from Covid-19
- Clarification that if the first LFD is positive there is no need to take a second LFD 48 hours later
- New section on live in carers
- Updated Aerosol Generating Procedures (AGP) list
- Clarification that one visitor means one visitor at a time (doesn't need to be a named visitor only), even during outbreaks of Covid-19
- Clarification that all visitors are expected to wear a face mask
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Reconditioning and Increasing Physical Activity
We were joined by Lianne Clarke at the Provider Webinar to discuss reconditioning and increasing physical activity. She has provided a number of resources to share with you:
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Details about the Move More and Live Longer Better training workshops:
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A two part workshop supporting workplaces to have meaningful conversations about physical activity with older adults and people living with health conditions. Full details here.
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Links to resources from the Richmond Group of Charities that sit behind the national We Are Undefeatable campaign. This campaign, launched in 2020 is all about encouraging and empowering people to move more in ways that work for them whilst living with health conditions.
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Let's Move and Improve Together
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Mental Health Awareness Week
In this week's catch-up film, Clinton discusses loneliness ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week on 9-15 May.
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Loneliness affects many of us at one time or another, and we know that loneliness can be both the driver for and a product of poor mental health.
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In this video, Clinton visits the Men in Sheds project in Taunton. They offer a place where men can come together, build things, get involved in community projects, learn new skills, or pass skills on to others.
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Accessing Staff Discounts
We want to remind you that as care providers, you and your staff have access to discounts through the My Staff Shop scheme.
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My Staff Shop also run webinars on how to maximise your staff discounts. The next one is taking place Tuesday, 10th May, 4:00pm to 5:00pm, and you can access it using the Teams Meeting Link
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Upcoming Event Reminders
- Weekly meeting: Every Friday at 3pm the Health Protection Team host a meeting to answer any questions care providers have about updated Covid guidance. Teams meeting link.
- Skills for Care Modern Slavery: Awareness information for social providers, 9th May, 1:00pm to 2:30pm. Details on website
- Care Provider Home Care Cost of Care Toolkit Demonstration and Q&A, 11th May, 10:00am to 11.30am. Details on website.
- Skills for Care Registered Manager webinar: New Managers - what resources and support is available, 18th May, 10:00am to 10:45am. Register on Zoom.
- Care Provider Home Care Cost of Care Toolkit Demonstration and Q&A, 19th May, 10:00am to 11.30am. Details on website.
- Somerset End of Life Care Conference, 19th-20th May, The Canalside Conference Centre, Bridgwater, TA6 6LQ. Details on website.
- Increasing the Somerset Nursing Associate Workforce: maximising the full potential of the Nursing Associate role, 25th May, 9:30am to 4.30pm. Details on PEN.
- PPE 'Out and About' event, 27th May, Bristol Marriot City Centre, BS1 3AD. PPE ‘Out and About’ Event
- Skills for Care: Have your say: Inform the future of learning and development in adult social care, various dates. Specific dates and more information here.
- Infection Prevention Society’s Care Home Special Interest Group Event, 8th June, 9.30am to 3pm, Clay Cross, Derbyshere. Book on Eventbrite.
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Updated Guidance
- See above for details on the updated IPC guidance.
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Please continue to share or promote these briefings and our webpage to others in your organisations.
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Our incident room mailbox and contact details (see below) remains operational during core working hours so please get in touch if you have any urgent concerns or queries we can look to assist you with.
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Somerset’s Provider Engagement Team
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Adult Social Care (ASC) COVID19 Response Team
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