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CQC study – Adult trans pathway
In May 2022 the CQC published guidance on the adult trans care pathway. They are currently looking for examples of good practices for providing care to trans people on the trans care pathway, outside of specialised gender dysphoria clinics, specifically in the...
Important changes to Heath-Health Alert and Cold weather Alert system
Message issued 21/04/2023 From 1st June 2023 the Weather-Health Alerts (Heat-Health and Cold Weather) will be changing. The alerts will move to improved impact-based alerting, indicating potential health-sector impacts and likelihood of those impacts occurring based...
CAREVIS Research study – long-COVID and people with learning disabilities
Do you, or someone you know, have learning disabilities and possible Long-COVID? The following article has been supplied by CAREVIS LC (HCC) We have been talking to people with learning disabilities who have been feeling ill with COVID for a long time (more than three...
COVID-19 and people with learning disabilities study
The following message has been supplied by the Coronavirus and People with Learning Disabilities Study team Thank you very much for those who took part in the Wave 4 survey for the Coronavirus and People with Learning Disabilities Study. All of our findings so far can...
Supporting Social Care Staff during Ramadan
Ramadan is the holiest month in the Islamic calendar which is due to come to an end on the 21st of April. During Ramadan Muslims have been observing fasting and prayer, and at the end of Ramadan will celebrate with the festival known as Eid al Fitr. Employers should...
Changes to the Capacity Tracker
What's New: All Users - Password Security Changes to the Capacity Tracker password criteria are now being rolled out.. This will be in a phased approach, region by region, over the next 6-9 months starting from the evening of 17th April. A reminder of the new criteria...
Framework of actions to contain carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales
In this guidance section 4.8 highlight how to minimise transmission in non-acute care settings. This information can be found below for ease: 4.8 Non-acute care settings Non-acute settings should not refuse admission or readmission of service users on the grounds that...