Infection prevention and control in care homes with Alison Murray
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Alison Murray, Head of Inspection and Lead in IPC at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) joined the Dementia, Care & Nursing Home Expo for a webisode on ‘Infection prevention and control in care homes’ on Wednesday 23rd September.
Over 350 attendees watched as Alison spoke about the CQC’s role in IPC, now and in the future. This included findings from the CQC’s review of practice in a sample of care homes and set the scene for a report to be published in November which will highlight good practice examples.
Alison also spoke about how the CQC’s wider role may deliver benefits for the health and social care system and the people who rely on it.
There are several materials referenced in the presentation - available by pressing the download button at the bottom of the article - which you will find below:
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PHE PPE pictorial guide: Public Health England PPE guide for the community and social care settings
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published a guidance portal for adult social care . This page summarises where care providers can go to access key COVID-19 related guidance.
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Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published its ‘Adult social care: coronavirus winter plan 2020 to 2021’.
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Here is a link to a statement from CQC Chief Inspectors which sets out how the CQC will regulate during the next phase of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is referenced on slide 5: https://www.cqc.org.uk/news/stories/joint-statement-cqc%E2%80%99s-chief-inspectors-deputy-chief-inspector-lead-mental-health
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Here is a link to the CQC’s September 2020 Covid Insight report. This is referenced on slide 6: https://www.cqc.org.uk/publications/major-report/covid-19-insight-issue-4
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Here is the link to the questions and prompts inspectors use to look at how well staff and people living in care homes are protected by infection prevention and control (IPC) on the CQC’s website. This is referenced on slide 11: Infection prevention and control in care homes | Care Quality Commission
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Here is a link people can use to sign up to the CQC Provider Bulletin: https://www.cqc.org.uk/news/newsletters-alerts/email-newsletters-cqc
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