In an attempt to slow the spread of infection rates in care homes, the government published its guidance on what safety measures care providers should have in place when it comes to visiting residents. As COVID cases continue to rise and care settings find themselves in tighter restrictions, its important you’re doing all you can to keep your people and your residents safe.

With more and more care homes now using electronic care plans and electronic medication management systems, there is an even greater need to ensure Wi-Fi and electronic devices are working efficiently and 24/7.

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As we’re moving through the second wave of the pandemic, we know that you’ll want to do everything you can to keep your people and service users safe.  With that in mind, the care experts of buyacarehome partner, Citation, have put together a free guide sharing key questions they ask care providers when inspecting their site, specifically relating to infection prevention and control.

CQC are currently carrying out inspections that specifically target the infection control practices (S5) and arrangements within your service.  8 different areas of practice are being inspected as part of…

Did you know that many care services are using their grant to invest in Electronic Care Planning?

Have you familiarised yourself with CQC’s transitional regulatory approach and what this means for your care business?

In response to the pandemic and pressures facing the care sector, the CQC paused routine inspections and developed an emergency support framework  which was an adaptation of their usual regulatory approach.