Care Matters: August 2025

Social Care Academy Hub, IPC Training, Spontex Disposable Gloves Free Recycling Scheme and more. Please share.

• Fire Prevention and Safeguarding Toolkit
• Preventing Infection Workbook for Care Homes. New 13th Edition – July 25
• Upcoming IPC Training Events
• The Spontex Disposable Gloves Free Recycling Scheme
• IPC Guidance incl Keeping Hydrated
• Contact details update for the London Region HPT at UKHSA
• Healthy You Event
• British Dietetic Association Care Home Digest
• Sutton Carehub Reference Page
• Clinical Health Team Referrals
• Clare’s Checklist – A Checklist for people with Learning Disability who have Epilepsy
• Medicines Management Information and Support session is now available to book
• Community Equipment in Care Homes Guidance
• Contact details for dementia support
• Outbreak contact
• NHS Health and Care Volunteer Responders: How to make referrals for people receiving care.
• Have your Say
• Good Infection Prevention Control

Fire Prevention Toolkit

Sutton Local Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP), partnered with the SSAB, is pleased to share a new Fire Prevention and Safeguarding Toolkit, developed to support all professionals working with families, children and residents in understanding how to prevent fatal or serious fire-related incidents in the home.

This toolkit includes:

• A free e-learning course on fire prevention and safeguarding
• Bite Size training modules
• Practical learning resources for professionals, families, and children.

Please can everyone to complete this training (particularly frontline members and managers). 

VISIT THE TOOLKIT
https://www.firepreventiontoolkit.org.uk

ACCESS TO FREE E-LEARNING
https://www.virtual-college.co.uk/resources/free-courses/fire-prevention-and-safeguarding-training-course

Preventing Infection Workbook for Care Homes

13th Edition – July 25

An educational Workbook has been produced specially for Care Home settings to help with CQC requirements and achieve compliance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008: code of practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance.

This Workbook is designed for all staff levels of staff who should receive their own personal copy to work through at their own pace.

To order https://www.infectionpreventioncontrol.co.uk/resources/preventing-infection-workbook-guidance-for-care-homes/

Upcoming IPC Training Events

Infection Prevention and Control training event for Care Homes and Domiciliary Care.

22nd September 2025: Infection Prevention and Control training event for Care Homes and Domiciliary Care. Taking Place at The Golden Lion, High Street, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL7 8PP.

A booking form can be downloaded at: https://www.infectionpreventioncontrol.co.uk/events/

The Spontex Disposable Gloves Free Recycling Scheme

Please click here to sign up or find out more about this great recycling scheme.

IPC Guidance:

• Guidance: Infection prevention and control: resource for adult social care
• Guidance: Infection prevention and control (IPC) in adult social care: acute respiratory infection (ARI)
• Domiciliary Care: Keeping hydrated July 2025
• Care Homes: Keeping hydrated July 2025

Contact details update for the London Region HPT at UKHSA:

Tel: 0300 303 0450 / Email:[email protected]

Healthy You Event

This monthly event, at the same time every month focuses on overall wellness, including weight management, nutrition, stress reduction, sleep quality, habit building, and chronic health management. Guests can participate in a raffle. The event offers laptops and mobiles to take home, vaccines, financial advice, exercise and music sessions, mental health support, health checks, and food recipes.

In collaboration with London Borough of Sutton, NHS, and the Voluntary Sector we are focusing on Weight management to bring you the best services to help you with your weight and well being.

Below is the link to Healthy You event. 

https://www.wallingtonint.com

The event takes place on the last Thursday of every month from 10.30-12.30 pm at St Paul’s Church, Roundshaw. 

British Dietetic Association Care Home Digest

Menu planning and food service guidelines for older adults living in care homes.

Sutton Carehub Reference Page

Reference

Clinical Health Team Referrals

Anyone can refer an adult who is over 18 years of age with a diagnosis of learning disability, a Sutton GP and is struggling to access mainstream services
Tel: 0208296 4111 Email: [email protected] Visit: www.suttonhealthandcare.nhs.uk

for further information visit the Sutton Community Learning Disability Health Team (formerly known as Clinical Health Team) at Civic Offices, St Nicholas Way, Sutton, SM1 1EA

or Email: [email protected]

Community Equipment in Care Homes Guidance

New contact details for dementia support

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/sutton/our-services/dementia-wellbeing-support/

From April 2024, dementia support in Sutton will be provided by Age UK Sutton. To access support, please contact 020 8078 0002 or email [email protected].

Carers of people with dementia can also contact the Sutton Carers Centre directly via [email protected] or 020 8296 5611.

Outbreak Contact

If you have a suspected or confirmed outbreak of COVID-19, please report it to the health protection team. Advice for outbreak management latest guidance can be found on the care hub.

Health Protection Team:

• HPT Email: ([email protected]) or call: (0300 303 0450)

Have your Say

We want you to have your say. This is an opportunity to ask questions that will be answered by Sutton’s Commissioners or Public Health Team. Please also use the link to the form below if you have any good news stories or activities your residents have taken part in that you would like to be shared on the Carehub.

https://forms.gle/6fY1pHirsC1gnDFAA

Infection prevention control for Adult social care sector

Good infection prevention and control (IPC) practice remains important throughout the year.

Good infection control practices can help reduce the risk of outbreaks occurring. It is important that adult social care providers refer to the guidance on infection prevention and control:

• Infection prevention and control: resource for adult social care
• Infection prevention and control in adult social care: COVID-19 supplement
• UKHSA Winter readiness (infection prevention) information for care homes 24/25

If you require any infection control support or advise please contact the London borough Sutton public health team: [email protected]

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

If you need any help or advice on the changes please contact the London Borough of Sutton Public health team. Send them an email public [email protected] 

Webinars and training

IPC training can be found on Eventbrite

Skills for care – Care Certificate
Care Courses Online – Infection Prevention and Control in Healthcare
Social care institute for excellence – Infection control e-learning course

Care home information sharing webinar

Fortnightly on a Tuesday 1:30 – 3pm

The webinar link;
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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.