Government COVID-19 Guidance
All Government Guidance for the Adult Social Care sector can now be found in one place:
- Help with infection prevention and control
- What to do when you suspect an outbreak
- Reporting an outbreak
- Caring for patients discharged from hospital or another social care facility
- Visits to care homes and other care settings
- Information for providers of care in supported living and domiciliary settings
- How to get social care workers and people in care homes tested
- Managing care workers during COVID-19
- Securing PPE and related supplies
- Help for holders of direct payments, commissioners and care providers
- Information for social care providers on mental health and wellbeing and financial support
- Capacity Tracker and guidance on using it
- Information for unpaid carers
- Easements of the Care Act
- COVID-19 ethical framework for adult social care
- Caring for people who are protected by safeguards under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, including the deprivation of liberty safeguards
- Steps to take following a coronavirus-related death of a person who worked in adult social care
- How to manage adult social care (Ethical Framework)
- How to protect extremely vulnerable people (shielding)
CQC Information
- Changes to the way the CQC work during the coronavirus outbreak
- Impact of COVID-19 on restraint, segregation and seclusion review and Right Support, Right Care, Right Culture 24 March 2020
- Sign up to receive CQC provider bulletins
Managing COVID-19 in care homes
- British Geriatrics Society Advice for Managing the COVID-19 Outbreak in Care Homes
- COVID-19 PPE Poster March 2020
COVID-19 information for people with learning disabilities and autism
- Beyond Words: Coping With Coronavirus
Free picture stories and illustrated guides to support people with learning disabilities and autism through the coronavirus pandemic. - Easy Read handwashing guidance PDF
- Easy Read: Viruses and Staying Heathy PDF
- Poster: Coronavirus and how to stay safe PDF
- Easy Read Coronavirus information PDF
Emergency situation: Preparing people with learning disabilities and autism
- Gov.uk: How social care staff can support people with learning difficulties when they are admitted to hospital (Hospital Passports)
- Together Matters: Resources and information
Education Resources