What's New Bulletin 100 - 30 June 2022
This is the one hundredth weekly provider bulletin, containing information on guidance, procedures and new initiatives. Very urgent or high priority communications may still be issued on an ad hoc basis, but we will try to keep these to a minimum.
- URGENT ACTION REQUIRED – Cost of Care exercise 2022 – Older Adult Care Homes – Deadline 10 July 2022 (Information for Birmingham located care homes with an older adult or dementia service specialism registration)
- URGENT ACTION REQUIRED – Cost of Care exercise 2022 – Home Support, Extra Care and Supported Living – Deadline 10 July 2022 (Information for all home support, supported living and extra care sheltered housing providers)
- Care Provider Alliance - Fair Cost of Care Support for Care home and Home Care Providers (information for all providers)
- REMINDER Patient safety alert issued by The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) (information for all providers)
- REMINDER 28 days to go to the Commonwealth Games - Planning ahead for the Commonwealth Games road closures 28 July to 8 August 2022 (information for all providers)
- CONSULTATION Draft Birmingham and Solihull Dementia Strategy 2022 – 2027 – please respond by 15 July 2022 (information for all Birmingham providers)
- Birmingham City Council PPE surplus supplies available for provider collection/delivery (information for all providers)
- DHSC Chief Nursing Officer for Adult Social Care awards – please make your nominations (information for all providers)
- MindEd Stopping over medication of people with a learning disability and autistic people STOMP \ STAMP training resources (information for all providers)
- Care Quality Commission (CQC) new Single Assessment Framework for health and social care services (information for all providers)
- Care Quality Commission (CQC) Making sure health and social care staff have the right skills to support people with a learning disability and autistic people (information for all providers)
1. Urgent action required - Cost of Care exercise 2022 – Older Adult Care Homes – Deadline 10 July 2022 (Information for Birmingham located care homes with an older adult or dementia service/specialism registration)
Please note that the deadline for cost of care submissions is 10 July 2022, a little over 1 week away. We want to remind you that this is the single greatest opportunity to date that the care market has had to influence how social care is funded in the future and it is therefore of great concern that we have had only received a very small number of submissions and that of the number of care homes eligible to complete the exercise, less than 50% have registered to use the CareCubed FCoC tool.
We want also to remind providers which are currently contracted to the Council that completion of the exercise is a contractual requirement and that failure to engage with the process will be considered a breach of contract.
Full instructions and the link to register with CareCubed FCoC are on our website below:
Cost of care exercise 2022 | Cost of care exercises | Birmingham City Council
If you have further questions please contact us at costofcare@birmingham.gov.uk
2. Urgent action required - Cost of Care exercise 2022 - Home Support, Extra Care and Supported Living – Deadline 10 July 2022 (information for all home support, supported living and extra care sheltered housing providers)
Please note that the deadline for cost of care submissions is 10 July 2022, a little over 1 week away. We want to remind you that this is the single greatest opportunity to date that the care market has had to influence how social care is funded in the future and it is therefore of great concern that we have had only received a very small number of submissions. We want also to remind providers which are currently contracted to the Council that completion of the exercise is a contractual requirement and that failure to engage with the process will be considered a breach of contract.
Full instructions and links to the toolkit are on our website below:
Cost of care exercise 2022 | Cost of care exercises | Birmingham City Council
If you have further questions please contact us at costofcare@birmingham.gov.uk
3. Care Provider Alliance - Fair Cost of Care Support for Care home and Home Care Providers (information for all providers)
The Care Provider Alliance (CPA) has been tasked by the DHSC to support providers of Care Homes and Home Care to participate in the Fair Cost of Care exercise nationally.
The CPA have been running dedicated workshops for Councils to invite their providers to see national tool demos (iESE Care Cubed for Care Homes and the LGA Toolkit for Home Care) and to answer FAQs. The following workshops are available. Please copy and paste this link into your diary to join the meeting:
CARE HOMES: 6 July 2022 2pm to 3pm
CARE HOMES: 7 July 2022 1pm to 2pm
HOME CARE: 8 July 2022 3pm to 4pm
HOME CARE: You can view a pre-recorded demo with a helpful index, to navigate to the tool section you require support upon, using the link below:
4. REMINDER Patient safety alert issued by The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) (information for all providers)
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.
The full alert can be read below:
5. REMINDER 28 days to go to the Commonwealth Games - Planning ahead for the Commonwealth Games road closures 28 July to 8 August 2022 (information for all providers)
During the Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham this summer (28 July to 8 August 2022), there will be a number of road events which will result in road closures and overall increases in demand for public transport for the duration of the games.
A get set for the Games’ briefing has been circulated to providers - if you don't have a copy, please email marketintelligence@birmingham.gov.uk Please ensure business continuity plans are reviewed and updated as needed.
Below is a link to the Commonwealth games website, which gives details about road closures and parking restrictions for all the venues and events. Hotspot grids have also now been produced showing the busiest areas in the city by time of day and types of transport.
How could my area be affected? (birmingham2022.com)
6. CONSULTATION Draft Birmingham and Solihull Dementia Strategy 2022 – 2027 – please respond by 15 July 2022 (information for all Birmingham providers)
We would like to hear about your views regarding as to whether the right priorities and goals have been identified to help to improve the lives of people with dementia and those who look after them in the Draft Birmingham and Solihull Dementia Strategy 2022-2027. Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB), Birmingham City Council and Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council have joined forces, to collaborate with stakeholders including statutory, voluntary and third-sector organisations. Over, the last year we have asked people with dementia, their carers, and other health and social care colleagues, what the focus should be to improve the care and support we provide to people, from activities aimed at preventing dementia, through to care at the end of people’s lives.
This strategy is a plan that will hold everyone working in health and social care accountable for the improvements we will make over the next five years.
Please share your views by 15 July 2022 by visiting the link below:
7. Birmingham City Council PPE surplus supplies available for provider collection/delivery (information for all providers)
The Council is winding down its emergency PPE operation due to end 1 December 2022. There is surplus stock of a number of items that the Council is looking to redistribute; masks, aprons, visors, coveralls. If you are interested in any of these items, please contact Robert.Heath@birmingham.gov.uk or Edward.Barron@birmingham.gov.uk to arrange delivery or collection.
Please continue to order your regular Covid-19 related PPE stock from the national portal. If you do become in urgent need of PPE, this can still be requested from the Council on the following number for the time being; 0121 796 2577.
8. DHSC Chief Nursing Officer for Adult Social Care awards – please make your nominations (information for all providers)
Please find attached nomination forms for the Chief Nursing Officer for Adult Social Care awards. Nominations are invited for social care workers and nurses in England to recognise their exceptional contribution to nursing and social care. Applications must be submitted in accordance with the process outlined at Point 6 of the Gold Award template attached and should be copied to jacqueline.barnes10@nhs.net, Director of Nursing at NHSEI Midlands.
Nominations are collated and processed weekly and presented to each sitting of the awards panel for discussion and decisions. Nominators are informed after each meeting of the panel if their application is successful or if additional information is required.
Further information is available below:
Chief Nurse Adult Social Care Awards: nomination criteria - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
9. MindEd Stopping over medication of people with a learning disability and autistic people STOMP \ STAMP training resources (information for all providers)
Written sessions are available, which aim to provide a journey through Stopping Over Medication of People with a learning disability and autistic people (STOMP) and how to bring about these improvements in care that are at the heart of programme. In the first sessions MindEd introduce and explain what inappropriate prescribing of medication is and describe the types of medications used and their correct and incorrect use. Next, they work through how to challenge inappropriate prescribing of medication and what alternatives to medication there are.
The sessions can be read by anybody. If you are a person with a learning disability, an autistic person, a family member, support worker or carer, someone with an interest in STOMP or a health or social care professional, there is something for you. Each session will have an introduction which will tell you who this is aimed at. Some sessions, written for all, have downloadable easy read PDF versions.
Find out more below:
Stopping over medication of people with a learning disability and autistic people
10. Care Quality Commission (CQC) new Single Assessment Framework for health and social care services (information for all providers)
Over the past year the CQC have been looking at how they can simplify and improve the way they check health and social care services through their single assessment framework project. The CQC have been working with people who use services, their families, carers and organisations that represent people. As a key part of the new single assessment framework, the CQC are working to identify the types of things they look at when they check different kinds of health and social care service. This evidence will be used to help understand the quality of care being delivered.
The CQC would like to get your feedback on whether they’ve identified the right types of evidence for health and social care services.
If you'd like to find out more about this project or other work taking place on CitizenLab, sign up using the links below. When you join, you'll be sent an email when new information or projects are added. You can also sign in to see what activities are currently live and ready for you to take part in, by visiting the link below:
11. Care Quality Commission (CQC) Making sure health and social care staff have the right skills to support people with a learning disability and autistic people (information for all providers)
From 1 July 2022, all health and social care providers registered with the CQC must make sure that their staff receive training on learning disabilities and autism appropriate to their role. This new legal requirement is introduced by the Health and Care Act 2022. The government will consult on and publish a code of practice about the training, which is expected to take at least a year to publish. The CQC will provide guidance until the new code of practice is published. During CQC assessments and inspections of providers, they will check that staff are working with people appropriately. If not, they will look at what training and support has been provided to staff. Following the introduction of the new requirement, the CQC will look to see whether providers have provided learning disability and autism training, and have assessed their staff following the training.
The CQC will update their statutory guidance and website to reflect the introduction of this new requirement.
The full press release can be read below: