ASC Provider Briefing - 08 September 2023
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Dear Care Provider Colleagues,
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Welcome to this week's briefing.
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We hope you are staying safe in the warm weather.
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Thank you to all who joined us at the Learning and Engagement Meeting last week. A recording will be available shortly.
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In this week's briefing: a reminder about Covid Vaccination, a Survey about Safeguarding Adults, an offer of Oral Health Training from NHS Somerset, and invitations from RCPA for a range of events, 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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Reminder: Flu and COVID-19 autumn vaccine programmes brought forward
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Safeguarding Adults Survey
Help us to keep adults in Somerset safe from abuse and neglect Please spare a few minutes to complete a short survey and share your views, ideas and feedback:
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Survey closes on 30 September 2023
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Oral Health Training for Care Homes in Somerset
Free training for the whole care teams
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Face to Face training for teams of more than 10 attendees per
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session, please contact Gayle at gayle.kime@nhs.net
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What is mouthcare? And why is it important?
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Oral health and links to general health
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Documentation and CQC KLOE
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Toothbrushing techniques and alternative tools
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Level of care and retaining independence in line with the Mental Capacity Act
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Managing care resistant behaviours
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Events
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Registered Managers' Network F2F meeting
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Thursday 14th September 13.30-15.00hrs
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Plenty of free car parking available.
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- Workforce development, strategy.
- System transformation.
- Proposals and provider engagement/input for the new health and social care training academy in Bridgwater.
- An opportunity to meet senior system leaders, network and learn more about what’s happening across the ICS.
- Meet the RCPA Trusted Assessors.
This is an especially important meeting, and we would encourage operation managers, registered managers, deputy managers, clinical leads and all those in decision making roles including training and education provision to attend.
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RCPA Annual Conference
Date - November 08,2023
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
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Taunton Racecourse Conference Centre, TA7 3BL
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Following a hiatus of four years we are delighted to announce that the annual RCPA conference is back; we do hope you can join us. This year we welcome a well-known globe-trotting guest speaker!
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We have pleasure in attaching the programme and booking form; if you can kindly complete as soon as possible to avoid disappointment, as spaces will be limited. We are very much looking forward to seeing you!
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RCPA Online Workshop: Data Security - Roles and Responsibilities
Thursday 28th September, 11.00-12.00hrs via TEAMS
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To be compliant with data and cyber security you need people who will take responsibility for it. In this event we'll discuss Data Protection Officers, Data Security & Protection Leads, Caldicott Guardians, Senior Information Risk Officers. Who should take these roles, are they mandatory and how do they work within your organisation? To register for the event, please click here
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Upcoming Event and Training Reminders
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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) remain 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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