What's New Bulletin 175 - 14 December 2023
This is edition 175 of the 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
1. CONSULTATION Non-Statutory Budget Consultation 2024/25 17 January 2024 (information for all providers employing Birmingham residents)
2. REMINDER Care Homes Market Intelligence Questionnaire (MIQ) – December 2023 – DEADLINE 22 December 2023 (information for all Birmingham and contracted care homes)
3. REMINDER Health and social care worker seasonal flu & COVID-19 vaccinations (information for all providers)
4. CareFind: Public Facing Website from Capacity Tracker - Training Dates for Care Home Providers (information for all care homes)
5. UPDATED LINKS NHS England funded Resilience Based Clinical Supervision programme (RBCS) (information for all nurses within social care settings)
6. REMINDER Communicate 2U and Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (BSol ICB) Rethink communication event - 18 January 2024 (information for providers supporting citizens with learning disabilities)
7. REMINDER NHE England Health Literate Organisation programme: upcoming events January and February 2024 (information for all providers)
1. CONSULTATION Non-Statutory Budget Consultation 2024/25 17 January 2024 (information for all providers employing Birmingham residents)
Birmingham City Council is in a difficult financial situation. Further information can be found here;
Commissioners, intervention and impro ve ment | Birmingham City Council
Message from Cllr Khan following section 114 notice | Birmingham City Council
We want to hear from you, your staff and service users on what is important to you. The survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes and include questions about which services matter to you and any suggestions you may have. You can choose whether to comment on all questions or just those you select.
To take part in the consultation, please visit;
2. REMINDER Care Homes Market Intelligence Questionnaire (MIQ) – December 2023 – DEADLINE 22 December 2023 (information for all Birmingham and contracted care homes)
Please find the link to the December monthly MIQ on the link below - the deadline for completion is Friday 22 December 2023.
This is the shorter monthly version of the questionnaire. Further information about this subject has been circulated to providers. If you don’t have a copy, please email marketintelligence@birmingham.gov.uk
Please take special care when answering the question on the main reason each of your residents needs care. Only count one reason for each resident (the primary one). The total number of reasons should equal the total number of residents on the day you complete the questionnaire.
Completion of the questionnaire is part of the terms of our current contracts for contracted providers, but we ask all Birmingham providers to take part in the process to help us meet our responsibilities to all Birmingham citizens.
Many thanks to staff at the care homes who completed the previous questionnaires. If this did not include your care home, please ensure that you complete the November and subsequent editions.
The purpose of the questionnaire is to collect information to assist our market shaping and development role, the production of our Market Position Statements, fulfil our Care Act duties around ensuring a quality and sustainable market, to help us direct resources, identify areas of risk, and monitor progress towards our strategic aims. It has been co-produced with health colleagues to reduce duplication in data collection, and has been streamlined so that we are only collecting information that is not available to us from elsewhere e.g. the Capacity Tracker.
We will only be collecting data that we will use and at the frequency we need it. There is a shorter monthly questionnaire, a slightly longer quarterly questionnaire with some additional questions, and a slightly longer still annual questionnaire.
Further information about this subject has been circulated to providers. If you don’t have a copy, please email marketintelligence@birmingham.gov.uk
3. REMINDER Health and social care worker seasonal flu & COVID-19 vaccinations (information for all providers)
Campaign materials to promote winter vaccinations for frontline care colleagues are available to download from the Campaign Resource Centre;
Separate guidance on flu vaccination is also available (see link below). Do make full use of these resources and help us all stay happy, healthy and strong this winter.
4. CareFind: Public Facing Website from Capacity Tracker - Training Dates for Care Home Providers (information for all care homes)
The Capacity Tracker team, have been developing a new tool to help members of the public search for Care Home vacancies via a new public facing website, CareFind. Capacity Tracker will provide this as a free service for Providers on an opt-out basis, with some conditions in place.
The concept of CareFind has been developed with the support of the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England. CareFind aims to give benefits to both providers and people looking for care services, building on the information and resource of Capacity Tracker.
In the New Year they will be running training sessions on how to create your public profile that will be visible on CareFind. To register for a session, please click on one of the links below.
For later dates, please visit the resource centre in the link below:
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3 January 2024 |
2:00 - 3:30 pm |
Provider Training |
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4 January 2024 |
12:00 - 1:30 pm |
Provider Training |
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5 January 2024 |
1:00 - 2:30 pm |
Provider Training |
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10 January 2024 |
11:oo am - 12:30 |
Provider Training |
The Capacity Tracker team recommend providers review and refresh your current provider details.
If you have any queries when updating your information, please don’t hesitate to contact the Capacity Tracker Support Centre on 0191 691 3729 or necsu.capacitytracker@nhs.net
5. UPDATED LINKS NHS England funded Resilience Based Clinical Supervision programme (RBCS) (information for all nurses within social care settings)
The Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS) are delighted to be launching a RBCS programme specifically for nurses across England in all social care settings. The programme will be delivered virtually to a group of participants (Champions), using MS Teams, by FoNS facilitators.
The programme involves:
Recommended pre-work (up to 1 hour)
Sessions 1-3 (3 hours each) – around one week apart. These sessions will focus on both the principles underpinning RBCS and the practice of RBCS
Sessions 4-5 (2 hours each) – around one month apart. These sessions will focus on the practice of RBCS and the cascade of RBCS within your organisation
The total commitment is approximately 15 hours per participant, including pre-work, group work, reflection and evaluation
Want to find out more?
- Contact rbcs.socialcare@fons.org for an informal discussion and to find out more about the programme
- Download the flyer below:
- the RBCS Social Care Flyer
- Read more about it in the release below:
- the press release
To sign up, complete the online form below and ask your manager to complete the Managers Form belowand email to rbcs.socialcare@fons.org. Following this, the FoNS will be intouch to arrange suitable dates with you.
6.REMINDER Communicate 2U and Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (BSol ICB) Rethink communication event - 18 January 2024 (information for providers supporting citizens with learning disabilities)
Accessible and inclusive communication is an integral part of the 20 LeDeR priorities to improve the experiences of people with a learning disability (PWLD), their families and carers when accessing health and social care.
You are invited to a service-user led, free interactive workshop to help staff to identify the cultural patterns of communication with people with a learning disability within their settings. The event is scheduled for Thursday 18 January 2024 at 9:30am – 1:00pm at The Auditorium, 10 Woodcock Street, Aston, Birmingham, B7 4BL.
Registration detailshave been circulated to providers. If you don’t have a copy, please email marketintelligence@birmingham.gov.uk
7. REMINDER NHE England Health Literate Organisation programme: upcoming events January and February 2024 (information for all providers)
The Health Literate Organisation Programme provides health and care professionals with health literacy awareness supported by tools, techniques and expert advice. It supports “Health Literacy Champions” to guide their team or services on the health literacy journey. It follows an evidence-based approach to helping organisations become health literate by wrapping the health literacy work in a change management approach to give it the best chance of succeeding and enduring. It consists of:
- Health Literacy Awareness Training
- Health Literate Organisation Workshops
- Access to the Health Literacy Group on the Knowledge Hub
- Guidance from a health literacy expert
- Community of Practice Workshops
These free events, brought to you on behalf of NHS England for health and care organisations across the Midlands will take place on Zoom.
Please book via Eventbrite below. Please note that you must have attended a Health Literacy Awareness session (as part of this programme or elsewhere) to attend a Health Literate Organisation workshop.
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Health Literacy Awareness training: Wednesday 31st January, 2024, 9am to 11am |
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Health Literate Organisation workshop: Tuesday 27th February, 2024, 12th 9am to 12noon |