Care Matters: Friday 22 July 2022

Training today, National Patient Safety Alert, DHSC Adult Social Care submission, and more. Please share.

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• Training Today
• National Patient Safety Alert
• Heatwave Update
• Covid-19 Booster
• Covid-19 Update
• DHSC Adult Social Care submission
• DHSC Future Data Collection
• London Urgent Care Plan (UCP) go-live
• HAF
• A Carers Guide to Home Fire Safety
• Latest Guidance
• Training and Development
• Training and development: Foundations of Palliative Care for registered healthcare professionals
• Guidance changes – Help from London Borough of Sutton Public Health team
• Webinars and Training
  • Weekly Capacity Tracker webinar
• Sutton Care Hub Job Portal
  • Subscribe to the Sutton Care Bulletin!

A Reminder of Training Today:

Virtual Nutrition Update training for carers looking after people with Learning Disabilities (LD)

What: Helicobacter Pylori in the LD Population; Dietary management of Kidney Stones

When: 22nd July 2022 (Friday) 2-3PM

How: Virtual – Contact [email protected] for the link

Why:

• To help care providers/staff understand H Pylori infection which will contribute to identifying the infection sooner and hence treating it promptly.
• H Pylori infection is the most significant cause of gastritis and causes ulcers in the lining of the stomach, gastric cancer, and iron deficiency anaemia.
• To help care provides/staff offer kidney stone friendly diet to the residents they look after.
  People who have chronic urinary tract infection or poor bladder emptying due to neurologic disorders incl LD are at increased risk for developing kidney stones.

For whom: Care staff of LD residential homes/supported living homes/extra care housing.

By whom: Alex Larkin (Highly Specialist Dietitian Care Home Support Dietitian)

For any enquiries, please contact me on 07899 661522 or [email protected]. Please feel free to forward this training invite to your colleagues.

National Patient Safety Alert

A national patient safety alert has been issued as hygiene products manufactured by Vernacare are potentially contaminated with Pseudomonas bacteria.

Vernacare have issued a voluntary recall of all ‘in-date’ cosmetic products which include wet wipes, wash mitts, barrier cloths, bed bath washcloths and shampoo caps produced.

It is essential these wipes are not being used in any health and care settings. There are currently no known cases linked to these contaminated products, but it is being investigated.

https://www.cas.mhra.gov.uk/ViewandAcknowledgment/ViewAlert.aspx?AlertID=103209

Heatwave Update

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the high quality care and support you continued to provide to Sutton’s most vulnerable residents during the heatwave. As a council we are keen to understand the additional challenges that the extreme high temperatures present to delivering care and where possible identify what support can be made available. Please contact us at [email protected]

Covid-19 Booster

We are urging anyone eligible for a Covid-19 spring booster, but still to have it, to take up the offer as soon as possible before the end of July.

The booster will give protection amid rising infection levels and allow enough time to get the next top-up at the right time to maximise protection over winter. The booster vaccine is available for anyone who lives in a care home for older people.

Covid-19 Update

This is a reminder that it is important for all providers to notify LCRC if you have any positive cases (staff and residents).

It is now more important ever to continue completing the national Capacity Tracker (homecare providers please continue to complete the London ADASS tracker). This information is used by all professionals, so your assistance in completing it daily is required. 

DHSC Adult Social Care submission

The information below will help care homes and homecare providers by explaining the timeline for the mandatory submission in more detail.

Submission period for mandatory DHSC Adult Social Care data

Care homes and homecare providers will be required to update their data by 11pm on the 14th day of each month – or the next working day when the 14th is on a weekend or public holiday. Data must be no more than a week out of date i.e. it must be correct to no further back than the 8th of each month.

When the 14th is on a weekend or public holiday, the submission period will be determined by the next working day.

DHSC Future Data Collection

DHSC is working on a future data collection from care providers, which will eventually replace the Capacity Tracker dataset that becomes mandatory from 31 July 2022. As promised at the start of the pandemic, it’s now time for the longer-term approach to be developed and co-produced with providers and other stakeholders.

Our aim is to engage closely with all stakeholders to identify and agree key data needs and look at opportunities to streamline current data collections from care providers, so that data can be captured once and shared with all those that need it. This includes providers, councils, CQC, and national government. This will add real value in gaining a full view of the challenges for the sector and reduce overall provider data burden.

Working with stakeholders from across the care sector, we held initial workshops through April and June. The aim of this first set of workshops was to identify your data needs, data concerns, the data you collect and what data you provide to different organisations.
If you were unable to attend one these workshops, or you did attend and have further feedback, you are invited to complete the following survey to share your views with us by Friday 22nd July:

Providers – Provider data survey for care providers – understanding your data needs (~20 mins) (office.com)

LASs/ICSs – Provider data survey for LAs/ICSs – understanding your data needs (~15 mins) (office.com)

London Urgent Care Plan (UCP) go-live

The technical developments for the London Urgent Care Plan have been completed and

tested. The UCP Programme Board has approved the recommendation that the current

care planning application cuts over to the solution on the 27 of July.

What happens next:

• The current CMC care planning application will remain in use until the 27 th of July.
• Users can continue to create and update care plans using their existing log-in
• credentials
• The process to begin migrating data currently held in the CMC solution will begin.
• Training videos and guides for the Urgent care plan are available and can be
• cascaded https://ucp.onelondon.online/training/
• Existing CMC users will be contacted by e-mail with information to prepare for
• cutover.

What actions should continue in the lead up to go-live:

• Existing CMC users should continue to publish and edit CMC plans.
• EMIS and TPP system users should configure the Valida client and register their
• smartcards.
• DRAFT CMC plans must be published before the 24 th of July. No draft care plans will
• be migrated to the new solution.
• Stakeholders are invited to attend UCP roadshows: https://ucp.onelondon.online/
• UCP champions should cascade UCP training via local networks.

For any queries, please visit the UCP website for an extensive range of resources.

Summer Holiday Activities and Food programme (HAF) open for bookings

Our Summer Holiday Activities programme for families receiving benefits-related free school meals are open for booking, including provision for children with additional needs. Go to www.sutton.gov.uk/HAF for details and how to book.

A Carers Guide to Home Fire Safety

Learn how to keep people that receive care safe from fire.

A formal video is now available for carers on the LFB website. Those who wish to view this video will have to input some basic information in order to gain access to it.

What you will learn:

• How to recognise people who are at risk of having a fire
• Identify key high risk factors
• Show what actions can reduce these risks
• Describe what to do in the event of a fire

Please assist and share this link with your teams to complete.

Please click here

COVID-19

Please take a look at the new updates that have been made to the following on the GOV.UK website (updates given on 27/05/2022).

Information and advice for health and care professionals:

Click here

PPE use for aerosol generating procedures:

Click here

Latest Guidance

The latest guidance has been published about COVID-19 testing for ASC services. Please click the link below to go to the GOV.UK webpage.

Click here

For all the latest guidance on the Carehub regarding COVID-19, please click here to view the updated pages regarding;

• Visiting
• Testing
• Outbreak Management
• Admissions
• Infection Prevention and Control

Training and Development

Training and development: Foundations of Palliative Care for registered healthcare professionals

St Raphael’s Hospice is running palliative care foundation courses for registered healthcare professionals.

The Foundations of Palliative Care is running on the 8 and 9 November, and is aimed at/suitable for registered nurses, nursing associates and paramedics. 

Topics covered:

• What is Palliative care & What is Hospice Care
• Advance Care Planning
• Symptom control
• Priorities of care for the dying
• Non-pharmacological interventions for symptom control
• Registered Nurse/HCP Verification of Expected Adult Death (simulated learning)
• Syringe pumps and Saf-T Intimas: practical workshop

A light breakfast, lunch and refreshments are included throughout the day. All attendees will receive a certificate that can be used towards revalidation, CPD and appraisal. 

For more information & booking please see the St Raphael Hospice website or contact the Education team on [email protected]

Guidance changes? Help from London Borough of Sutton Public Health team

There have been a number of changes in guidance over the recent weeks. If you need any help or advice on the changes please contact the London Borough of Sutton Public health team. Drop them an email [email protected] 

Webinars and training

Join senior IPC nurses to learn more about general infection prevention and control training including: MRSA, Tuberculosis, diarrhoea, rashes, wound care, specimen taking, head lice, scabies, respiratory infections, including COVID-19, staff health and more. 

Sessions run online every Thursday between 2pm to 4.30pm. Register at Eventbrite to attend.

Weekly Information Sharing FAQs webinar

The COVID-19 pandemic remains an extremely challenging situation globally and we recognise that this is the case for staff working in Care Homes of all types. We are continuing the weekly Infection Prevention and Control and Information Sharing webinar Tuesday mornings at 11:00am. 

Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

+44 20 3880 0300   United Kingdom, London (Toll)

Conference ID: 855 305 74#

Local numbers | Reset PIN | Learn more about Teams | Meeting options. 

Weekly Capacity Tracker webinar

Capacity Tracker Webinars for Care Homes are taking place at 2:00pm every Friday.

Click here to join the meeting on your computer or mobile app Or call in (audio only) on +44 20 3794 0272 Phone Conference ID: 311 948 485#

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Sutton Care Hub Job Portal

To support Sutton’s care providers to recruit the best staff for all positions from management, to clinical staff, carers and administrative support, we have created the Sutton Care Hub Job Portal. 

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An archive of previous editions can be found on the Sutton Care Hub.