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Document Library1st September 2010: Great British Care Awards 18th November 2009: CQC Registration, new information The Great British Care Awards have just issued their first newsletter entitled ‘Recognition News’. Visit http://www.care-awards.co.uk/ for more information or follow this link to read the newsletter. End of Life Care in NHS the South Central area NHS South Central operate a wide range of activitites around end–of-life care and have produced a variety of documents that give an overview of their approaches. Out of the Shadows Common Induction Standards workbook: Bucks CC version Bucks CC have amended the CIS workbook sponsored by Oxfordshire CC for use by care providers in Buckinghamshire. Click here to download the workbook Oxfordshire PCT Newsletter: July issue CHUMS Best Practice - Administration 2010 National Skills Academy for Social Care: leadership and management programme The National Skills Academy have started a Leadership and Management programme called ‘Aspiring Leaders’. Led by the Ashridge Business School in Hertfordshire, it is designed to develop leadership potential at key stages in a manager’s career. For the first year, the Skills Academy will match any employer’s investment in participants by supporting 50% of the costs. The full cost of the programme is £4,950 inclusive but the first three intakes will only pay £2,475.Click here to download the programme brochure. You can also contact them via e-mail on aspiringleaders@nsasocialcare.co.uk. August 2nd: NHS Plus: Health for Work Advice line NHS Plus have set up a free helpline for businesses employing up to 250 people. It aims to address the issues of employee ill health, to minimise the impact of staff illness and to provide essential support to staff with physical or mental health issues. Businesses can call the advice line on 08000 778844 or visit www.health4work.nhs.uk. Health4work Pdf White Paper Consultation Documents: Outcomes Framework The Government’s White Paper, ‘Equality and excellence: liberating the NHS’, was published on 19th July and set out how the Secretary of State for Health will hold the NHS Commissioning Board to account for delivering better health outcomes through a national NHS Outcomes Framework. The DH is now launching a full consultation and engagement process on how they should develop the NHS Outcomes Framework. The consultation closes on 10th October 2010. Click here to read the the Outcomes Framework. The ‘bereaved carers’ survey that is mentioned is being piloted in South Central and we will keep you informed of any local work. Follow this link to read more about the White Paper at the DH’s website: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations Skills for Care: workforce planning support Skills for Care have launched a new, easy-to-use guide to support workforce planning for providers of adult social care in response to the government’s ‘Putting People First’ agenda, which has meant that the way in which adult social care is funded, commissioned and delivered is undergoing radical change. Called ‘Taking Steps’, the guide is designed for busy people who need help planning their future workforce needs and refers to SfC’s Six Step Methodology to Integrated Workforce planning which helps providers consider the current position of their business, where it needs to be in the future and how to keep workers and people who use their services safe. There will be some regional events for the ongoing rollout and implementation of the Integrated Local Area Workforce Strategy (InLAWS). Full details will be sent out shortly but please note these significant dates: 14th September, 19th October and 16th November. To download the guide to workforce planning, visit http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/guidetoworkforceplanning/ Jill Timms, a director of MKB Care, is also a member of ECCA (English Community Care Association) who have recently circulated to their members three documents concerning the new NHS Standard Contract. Letter seeking comments on Care Homes Contract Skills for Care: Dementia QCF units SfC have now issued the final versions of the Dementia QCF units. Click here to download National Care Association launches essential CQC information point Overwhelming feedback at the recent National Care Association seminars on the implementation of the new regulatory framework and the accompanying guidance about compliance, 'Essential Standards of Quality and Safety', showed that care providers are desperate for information of a practical nature on this complex subject. In response to this need for information, NCA has launched a CQC information access point at www.nationalcareassociation.org.uk/cqc.asp This vital source of essential CQC information and guidance will be updated daily with news, links to the key guidance documents for Adult Social Care providers plus a question and answer forum to help operators with the complex issues relation to CQC registration. For more information contact National Care Association on 020 7831 7090 or visit www.nationalcareassociation.org.uk. Skills for Care: Common Induction Standards Skills for Care are refreshing the Common Induction Standards and you will be able to download them from their website on Thursday 10th June: http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/cis. You can also read about their announcement here. Skills for Care: Qualifications and Credit Framework As you know, Skills for Care are changing the way all vocational qualifications are organised and structured. New qualifications called ‘Health and Social Care Diplomas’ at Levels 2 and 3 will be introduced to replace the current ‘Health and Social Care NVQs’ at Levels 2 and 3. SfC will be producing a specific newsletter dedicated to QCF and you can read the first one here. If you wish to sign up for SfC’s regular e-newsletter, you can do so here Forum of Oxfordshire Social Care Employers FOXSCE exists for care providers in Oxon CC’s area to help them access funding and training from Oxon CC. It is closely linked to the MKB Care Association and you can click here to read their regular newsletter. While some items are Oxfordshire specific, others are more widely useful, so please do read it. Progress South Central hosted the Health and Social Care Forum on 18th May this year and you can read the notes for the first topic of the presentation here. It explains the complexity of the QCF. Oxfordshire PCT issue a quarterly newsletter called ‘Medicine Matters’ which, while specific to Oxfordshire care providers, may also offer some useful information to Milton Keynes and Bucks care providers. Click here to read the newsletter. If you would like to receive it directly, contact Nikki Shaw on 07926 944505 or e-mail her via nicola.shaw@oxfordshirepct.nhs.uk 12th May 2010: Fire Hazard with Paraffin-based Skin Products New research on skin products containing paraffin-based products (for example White Soft Paraffin, White Soft Paraffin plus 50% Liquid Paraffin or Emulsifying ointment) in contact with dressings and clothing has shown that they are easily ignited with a naked flame or a cigarette. The advice from the National Patient Safety Agency is for nurses and patients to keep away from fire (including cigarettes) when using these products. Click here to download an information PDF and here to download a PDF Leaflet. The NPSA has a website which contains a lot more useful information and members are recommended to consult it: http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/ 12th May 2010: Bucks CC/MKB Care: SDS Workshops Regular MKB Care Newsletter readers will recall the series of four SDS workshops that the MKB Care Association organised and ran in collaboration with Bucks County Council in March this year. At the time everyone who attended a workshop was told that they would be kept informed of what happened as a result of these workshops. You can now read the report that was submitted to Bucks CC after the workshops were completed and I am pleased to say that Bucks CC will shortly be announcing how the results of these workshops will be taken forward. Click here to download the report. We are very grateful to all those who took part (and those who volunteered to take part but were not chosen) for all for the time and effort they put into their individual contributions to this particular project. It has been widely appreciated and we will pass on the Council's feedback when we receive it. 21st April 2010: Buckinghamshire Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Board Launched in March 2010 the new Bucks Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Board website provides a dedicated site for both members of the public and professionals to access information about recognising abuse and what they should do about it. It also gives information about how the multi-agency Board works to improve safeguarding practices in Bucks. Over the next few months the project group would like to hear directly from you to tell them what is helpful, and what gaps in information you would like them to fill. So check it out on www.buckinghamshirepartnership.gov.uk/bsvab. Contact the project group via safeguardingadults@bucks.gov.uk or 01296 382178. 13th April : Care Quality Commission re-registration Click here to download a sample registration form produced by the CQC and here for a Guidance document to go with the sample form. 30th March: VODG 16th March: Medicine Management in Care Homes Jill Timms: Generic Medication Audit 16th March: MKB Care Members’ Meetings The last of the current series of members’ meetings took place on 10th March in Milton Keynes where the guest speaker was Katy Slade from the Parkinson’s Disease Society. She held an extremely informative seminar which was well attended. Click here to download the Parkinson’s Disease professionals guide which contains a lot of useful information. 16th March 2010: Skills for Care: Potential funding sources for young people in Social Care Donna Bunce of Skills for Care has produced an easy-to-read table designed to help any employer looking at recruitment. Click here to download the table which gives details of funding sources and the ways in which they can be utilised. It is a basic overview and more information can be found at http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/funding/fundingguide. 2nd February 2010: SCIE Investment Project 1st February 2010: CQC - new documents available
28th January 2010: Skills for Care. Click on the link to read these three documents mentioned by Donna Bunce of SfC at the MKB Care meeting on 21st January: 'SETTING UP YOUR NMDS (2).doc' – NMDS account guidance; 'Data Capture sheet 09 (2).doc' - AQAA completion information; and 'Evidence Requirements - amended 15 09 09.doc' - TSI Funding evidence requirements. 5th January 2010: CQC 2010 update Jill Timms, on behalf of MKB Care, has written a summary of the CQC’s 2010 registration plans. Click here to read Jill’s update. 18th November 2009: CQC Registration: new information The Care Quality Commission have issued two documents recently to help care providers with the new registration system. All care providers should keep an eye on the CQC website – www.cqc.org.uk - for developments and you can also join a National Care Association such as RNHA, ECCA or the NHA, some of whom give daily news updates by e-mail. Jill Timms would like to reassure providers that the Registration Programme is still on track as planned and has not been postponed. Download the two documents mentioned above here...... New system of registration Guide for providers 19th October 2009: Swine Flu Resilience in Buckinghamshire There is a possibility that we may see a surge of swine flu in the coming months. Jill Timms, Clinical Lead for MKB Care, has put together a new statement on the H1N1 swine flu virus. It is vital that homes are well prepared for a pandemic and are up to date with all their paperwork. Click here to download Jill’s statement. 13th October 2009: Funding for Training 21st September 2009: Skills for Care: recruitment and retention toolkit 11th August 2009: Click here to download a précis of the Green Paper kindly given to us by John Wallace, Training Consultant in the People and Policy (Learning & Devemopment) Department at Bucks County Council’ 30th July 2009 - Click here to go to the Department of Health's current pages concerning the DoLS amendments to the MCA which came into force on 1st April 2009. Click here to download a Green Paper special bulletin from David Behan at the Department of Health. It is a useful breakdown of the main proposals out for consultation over the next twelve weeks. As you will see at the end of the bulletin, a number of workshops are planned. None are particularly well placed for MKB members but there are several to choose from that aren’t too far away. '16th July 2009: Update on flu pandemic information' WHO and International experts believe that the world is now experiencing another influenza pandemic with the rise in incidences of swine flu world-wide, and the total number of confirmed cases in the UK since April 2009 now at 2,506 and still rising. Click here to download the updated influenza action plan (updated 16th July 2009), click here to download a poster to put up in your home detailing the action to be taken by staff or relatives if they suspect they have flu, and click here to download a generic letter to relatives which may be sent out in the event that your home needs to inititate its pandemic influenza policy. National Dementia Care Strategy Dementia Strategy Recommendations PDF Latest version of 'Whats happening in Oxfordshire', download here Buckinghamshire County Council contract and payments update MKB Care has received a letter from Kerry Stevens, Head of Service Provision Adults and Family Wellbeing at Bucks CC, regarding the new contracts they are keen to impose. Please note that Kerry Stevens has said he hopes there will be an annual review of the contract which will include providers’ view and opinions. This is a vital step forward and the Association will be fighting all the way for the best possible deal for its members. This is an excellent reason for joining MKB Care if you have not already done so as the more members we have, the better we can put your opinions and needs forward to the people who make the decisions.
Click here to read Mr Stevens' letter
Bucks County Council contracts objections Click here to download a PDF of the letter Bucks CC - updated DoLs information Flu pandemic • Prepare as far as possible for reduced staff levels; Visit the following links for information and advice on a variety of areas: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Flu/ The following link from the Health Protection Agency provides a full briefing for care homes in H1N1: All care homes in England have recently been sent a copy of the Health Protection Agency training DVD to supplement existing infection control training programs. This can be found here: http://www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&Page&HPA For anyone wishing to identify foreign documents, try looking at this website: http://ue.eu.int/prado/EN/homeIndex.html . It is clearly still a work in progress but it may be of help on occasion. MKB Care strongly recommend that every member aquires and reads the following publications on Dols and MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005 Deprival of Libertys Safeguards Code of Practice (2008) ISBN 978-0-11-322817-1 Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice (2007) ISBN 978-0-11-703746-5 They are available from TSO (The Stationery Shop) on 0870 600 5522 or http://www.tssoshop.co.uk Deprivation of Liberty - important information Follow this link to the Department of Health website where DoLS forms may be found: This link will open a page showing the complete list of forms to be used in DoLS applications but those relevant to member care homes are the ones listed beneath the heading 'Managing Authorities - standard forms and documents' approximately three-quarters of the way down the main list. The most useful forms are these: 1. Forms and Record-Keeping Guide for Managing Authorities
For your information, there are two new Deprivation of Liberty publications (published by the Department of Health 12th February), available now by following these two links: Guidance for Care Homes: Guidance for relevant person's representatives: Learning Disability Care Provision MKB Care Conference Presentations 2008 To request reports and presentations from Members Meetings please e-mail info@mkbcare.org
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