Healthcare Improvement Scotland have been working alongside the Scottish Government to develop Covid-19 specific ACP templates and guidance.
They have published a new resource tool today (31 March 2020) named ‘Essential Anticipatory Care Planning Guidance and Template’. This resource has been developed to help support health and social care staff with ACP conversations and includes specific information relating to Covid-19.
SSSC updates during Covid-19 will be posted here. Please also visit their news page here for their latest information.
Scottish Care has received the following letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Ms Jeane Freeman and COSLA’s Health and Social Care spokesperson Cllr Stuart Currie.
This letter was issued yesterday to chief officers, chief finance officers, chief social work officers and LA chief executives. This letter details information on the definition and status of key workers, as well as providing background and links to useful guidance.
Cabinet Secretary and Cllr Currie letter - social care key workers - 30 March 2020
The Scottish Government has issued separate clinical guidance, one for nursing home and residential care residents, and one for the management of clients accessing care at home, housing support and sheltered housing.
Care homes
This guidance provides clinical advice on COVID-19 to support those working with adults in long term care such as residents of nursing home and residential care settings.
Find out more by clicking here.
Care at home & housing support
This guidance is aimed at local authorities, Health and Social Care Partnerships (HSCPs) and registered providers, who support and deliver care and support to people in their own homes to support measures to prevent and prepare for infection in people receiving care at home or housing support.
Find out more by clicking here.
CMO/CNO/CSWA letter on social care settings
Please click the button below to access the letter from the Chief Medical Officer, Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Social Work Advisor about Covid-19 clinical guidance for social care settings.
See all the latest updates from Disclosure Scotland on their PVG applications during Covid-19 here.
We were delighted to have Gillian McAteer, Solicitor from preferred supplier Citation to guest host a webinar last week.
In this session, Gillian gave a brief update regarding coronavirus (Covid-19), particularly given the questions this raises regarding employment status, rights and sick pay entitlement.
Click here to read Citation’s answers to some of most frequently asked questions they’ve had around both the Health & Safety and HR and Employment Law implications of coronavirus, plus their practical steps on how to move forward safely and keep your people and premises safe.
Gillian also spoke about The Good Work Plan, which is dubbed as ‘the biggest overhaul of employment law in 20 years’. She focused on changes incuding an increase in the holiday pay calculation period, increased protection for agency workers, a written statement of particulars of employment from day one.
You can view a recording of the webinar by clicking the button below.
Free guides and resourcesÂ
Here are some popular relevant resources that are free-to-access from Citation :
Citation’s complete archive of free guides and resources can be accessed here.
Please contact the triage centre with any requests via the phone number 0300 303 3020 and not the email address in the previous NHS NSS triage centre post. The ‘double entry’ route was causing confusion and delays in the process.
From today, all emails to the triage centre will receive an automatic reply directing to the phone number.
When contacting the helpline, providers will be required to:
– Answer a series of short screening questionsÂ
– Confirm they have fully explored business as usual procurement routes
– Confirm they have a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 and therefore have a need for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
– Provide their Care Inspectorate registration number
The helpline will be open 8am – 8pm, 7 days a week.
Today Luminate – Scotland’s creative aging organisation – in partnership with Scottish Care will be launching Luminate@Home, a new programme of short online films demonstrating creative activities for you to do wherever you are.
The activities will be presented by professional artists and will feature different arts forms including crafts, poetry, music and dance. We’ve developed the films in partnership with Scottish Care, and they are aimed at people living in their own homes, as well as care home staff who are looking for ideas of activities for residents.
Join us at 2pm today for our first activity, led by visual artist Christine Hilditch.
We understand that this is a worrying and difficult time for everyone, especially if you are having to spend the next few weeks isolated at home or in your care home, and we hope that you will find the activities enjoyable and engaging to do over the next few weeks.
Films will be posted every Tuesday and Friday at 2pm on our website and Facebook page as well as on our Vimeo and YouTube channels. Once posted, the films will be left online so you can access them at any time.
Enjoy the films and stay safe from all at Luminate.
This was sent after the Prime Minister’s speech on Monday evening when obviously carers were rightfully scared.
Tracy is a carer on a double up run who works with Lucerne Scotland. These are her words:
“Just a little word from me with having this virus.
I found out last Saturday I had it, it was confirmed at the hospital.
I have never felt so crap in my life, a really bad strain of the cold or flu, depends how each individual reacts to it, well mines was pretty serious.
I’m still getting over it and hope to be back at work next week, symptoms are now starting to subside so there is light at the end of the tunnel, which is the important thing. Â
I’ve followed all the advice there is and can honestly say as long as you don’t let all this pandemic and lockdown get into your head you will be fine.Â
Stay strong, stay safe and remember why you do this job. We are naturally caring people that can deal with difficult situations, don’t let the virus win even if you are unfortunate to come down with it. Positive thinking is the key to progress and our clients will need us more than ever now.Â
People will see carers differently after all of this passes and you should be proud of yourselves to be what is essentially going to be in the history books!Â
I’ve been reading the constant shift cover messages since I’ve been off and the support you are giving each other and working extra hard to ensure the client’s needs have been met is just amazing.Â
 It’s ok to feel scared but there is so much support out there just now for these circumstances you won’t be alone.Â
I’m happy to give advice separately from this chat if it will help anyone that is feeling anxious. Telephone …….. if you need a chat, confidential of course. Â
Take care all.”
The Scottish Government will meet increased costs to support care at home, nursing homes and care homes. Please click the link below for more information.
https://www.gov.scot/news/social-care-at-heart-of-response-to-coronavirus/
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