COVID-19 Useful Resources

Below are links to COVID-19 guidance from GOV.UK and CQC which you may find useful (updated 3.11.20)

• Guidance on visiting arrangements in care home
• Adult social care COVID-19 winter plan 2020/21
• Guidance on how to work safely in care homes
• Guidance on how to work safely in domiciliary care
• Updated DHSC guidance for care staff supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults during COVID-19
• Updated guidance on Infection prevention and control
• Guidance on admission and care of people in care homes
• Guidance for supported living services during coronavirus
• PPE Portal – how to order emergency PPE 
• Guidance on testing and who is eligible 
• Guidance on management of staff and exposed patients and residents in health and social care settings.
• Guidance on IPC precautions for stepdown in hospital or discharge to home or residential settings.
• Guidance on ASC Infection Control Fund
• Guidance on steps to take following the death of a person who worked in adult social care in England
• Reducing risk in adult social care
• Guidance on the provision of home care 
• CQC new guidance on how to get the most out of inspection, what a good inspection looks and feels like. 
• CQC Infection, Prevention and Control questions and prompts for care homes
• CQC equality and human rights impact assessments
• Ethical framework for adult social care 
• CQC guidance on working within the Mental Capacity Act during the coronavirus pandemic
• The British Psychological Society has issued guidance on meeting the psychological needs of people with learning disabilities and their carers
• The Central Alerting System (CAS) is an online cascading system for issuing patient safety alerts, important public health messages and other safety critical information and guidance to the NHS and others, including independent providers of health and social care. Providers can register to receive these alerts through the MHRA website
• Guidance on exemption from health charges for care and treatment of COVID-19
• CQC – Updated interim guidance on DBS and other recruitment checks 
• Visit the GOV.UK website to apply for coronavirus tests for your service
• Managing a fall that may require an ambulance during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Guidance clarifying existing practice for verifying deaths outside of hospitals and providing a framework for safe verification of death
• CQC guidance for providers delivering antibody tests or blood tests
• DHSC guidance on running a medicines re-use scheme in a care home or hospice setting 
• The Health and Safety Executive has published guidance on RIDDOR reporting of COVID-19
• Community health services standard operating procedure (SOP)

• The British Medical Association (BMA) and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)  have jointly produced a protocol that can be used by various groups of professionals to verify death remotely with a clinician

• The Enhanced health in care homes framework has been expanded to include oral health; falls, strength and balance; mental health; wound care; continence promotion and management; and flu prevention and management. The framework can be used to support your engagement with your aligned primary care network
• NICE COVID-19 rapid guidelines
• Advice and information on looking after your mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus outbreak from NHS England and the Mental Health Foundation
• Investigation and initial clinical management of possible cases