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Care Providers give critical support to the most at-risk citizens in our communities, and the leadership of social care in Wales is proud for your continued commitment and hard work.
This information bulletin should be read in conjunction with the most recent advice from Public Health Wales (PHW) and Welsh Government.
The aim of this briefing is to keep providers informed of the latest updates, provide advice and respond to general enquiries.
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National Commissioning Board | ||
Event: Celebrating Outcomes in Care at Home – 24th March 2021
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We encourage participation in Welsh and will have a simultaneous translation for non-Welsh speakers.
You are welcome to attend any sessions or the whole day.
Sessions will be recorded and available for later view.
| The National Commissioning Board & National Provider Forum are Keen to bring together a whole host of colleagues from Wales and outside to celebrate care at home and share information about innovations and development.
The day is made of 7 sessions (up to 1 hour each) accessible as individual sessions or up to a whole day and discussion (plenary) sessions. Each session will be made up of a presentation of around 20 minutes, followed by 15-20 minutes for questions.
The event will encourage participants to comment and ask questions in the chat function to encourage engagement and networking.
The event will be open to all and is targeted at providers and commissioners of health and social care and citizens.
The programme includes sessions on:
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SCIE Webinar: Delivering safe, face-to-face adult day care. 24 March 2021, 13.30pm – 14.30pm
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The speakers will discuss how providers have remained open, or re-opened, during the COVID-19 pandemic, what the key challenges have been and how these have been responded to. Speakers include: Rebekah Luff, Senior Research Analyst, Social Care Institute for Excellence Alison Tidy, Service Manager, Hollacombe CRC, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust Mark Wilson, Director of Engagement, Friends of the Elderly who will be responding to questions from attendees and discussing the issues that are raised. |
delivering-safe-adult-day-care.pdf
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Care Inspectorate Wales | ||
Letter from Albert Heaney, Deputy Director General Health and Social Services – Exciting development for care homes in Wales | The Deputy Director General for Health and Social Services, Albert Heaney has written to care providers with an update on the development of the free online care and support capacity tool to track vacancies in adult care homes, and the updates being made to benefit providers. | |
Welsh Government | ||
EUSS Support Offer to Social Care Sector from Newfields Law | Newfields Law have made the following offer to social care providers in relation to EUSS:
| Contact: Alicia Percival 02921 690049 |
Written Statement: COVID-19 Vaccination Programme - 1 Million People Vaccinated
| Vaughan Gething, Minister for Health and Social Services | https://gov.wales/written-statement-covid-19-vaccination-programme-1-million-people-vaccinated |
Written Statement: Framework for COVID-19 testing for hospital patients in Wales
| Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Health and Social Services | https://gov.wales/written-statement-framework-covid-19-testing-hospital-patients-wales |
COVID-19 hospital patient testing framework: March 2021
| How health boards should approach patient testing in hospitals to reduce the spread of coronavirus. | https://gov.wales/covid-19-hospital-patient-testing-framework-march-2021 |
Impact assessments: coronavirus
| Assessments of how our measures to manage COVID-19 affect equality of opportunity. | https://gov.wales/impact-assessments-coronavirus
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COVID-19 vaccinations for people who are homeless
| Explains the criteria to use to identify people who are homeless in priority group 6 for COVID-19 vaccination. | https://gov.wales/covid-19-vaccinations-people-who-are-homeless
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COVID-19 vaccine priority groups
| The order of how we will vaccinate the population against COVID-19. | https://gov.wales/covid-19-vaccine-priority-groups
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Regional coronavirus testing facilities
| Wales’ testing capacity is supported by an extensive network of facilities across the country. | https://gov.wales/regional-coronavirus-testing-facilities
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Postponed operations
| Information on operations postponed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. |
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Written Statement: COVID-19 Vaccination Programme deployment – clarification on the definition of severe asthma for inclusion in cohort 6
| Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Health and Social Services |
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First Minister to set out first steps out of lockdown
| The Welsh Government will lift the “stay at home” requirement in Wales from tomorrow, and replace it with “stay local”, as part of a careful, cautious and phased approach to relaxing coronavirus restrictions, First Minister Mark Drakeford will announce today. | https://gov.wales/first-minister-to-set-out-first-steps-out-of-lockdown
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Written Statement: Advice to those who are Clinically Extremely Vulnerable from 01 April
| Vaughan Gething, Minister for Health and Social Services | https://gov.wales/written-statement-advice-those-who-are-clinically-extremely-vulnerable-01-april
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Guidance on protecting people defined on medical grounds as clinically extremely vulnerable from coronavirus (COVID-19) – previously known as ‘shielding’
| Information for protecting people defined on medical grounds as extremely vulnerable from COVID-19. |
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Visits to care homes: guidance
| Guidance on how to enable safe visiting during the coronavirus pandemic. | https://gov.wales/visits-care-homes-guidance
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