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Autumn is now with us, the COVID-19 booster and Flu vaccination campaign is underway, it's so important for the ongoing protection of both the people we care for and those who deliver that care.
We do our best to keep the content and structure of our PEN website up-to-date in these fast-changing times and your suggestions on how to improve the website are always welcome.
Capacity Tracker Support Sessions - revised dates
The Capacity Tracker team are doing some update sessions for providers in the light of the notable changes recently and the legal requirement for providers to update the Tracker. In last weeks newsletter there was an error on the October dates, please see the correct information below.
There are separate sessions for Care Homes
- Thursday 13 October
- Thursday 17 November
- Thursday 15 December
And for Home Care (accessed via the Capacity Tracker)
- Thursday 13 October
- Thursday 17 November
- Thursday 15 December
For general support please contact the General Queries Support Centre: 0191 691 3729 Opening Hours 8am 5pm Monday Friday, excluding Bank Holidays. For System Questions please email and for interpretation of questions on the tracker email.
FFP3 Qualitative Fit Tester Training
To help with your winter preparedness plans, Devon County Council have limited free FFP3 Qualitative Fit Tester training sessions on offer.
Each session has 8 places – apply early to avoid disappointment. The training dates are:
Training dates:
- Wednesday, 28 September, Exeter, 9am – 3.30pm
- Tuesday, 4 October, Barnstaple, 9am – 3.30pm
This offer is open to hospices, care homes, care agencies, personal health budget patients’ personal assistants (PAs), unpaid carers and schools, and anyone who has previously done this training but would like a refresher.
This is the link to book onto one of the courses.
Launch of international recruitment support for Devon providers
There is funding available to cover the cost of the Immigration Skills Charge, which is £3,000 for large providers and £1,092 for small providers.
It will also fund all of the following charges for nurses and senior/care workers. Neither the applicant nor the Provider will bear any of these costs.
For more information and how to apply, please go to the international recruitment section on the PEN.
Down Syndrome Act 2022 Guidance
This is a chance for anyone who supports people with Downs Syndrome to give feedback to the government about guidance they are developing, please do offer your views and good practice examples if you would like to. The survey is also open to people with Downs syndrome. The deadline for responses is 8 November.
For full information please go to the Gov Website:
Down Syndrome Act 2022 guidance: call for evidence - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The Government outlines plans to help cut energy bills for businesses
The announcement confirms that for the next six months, the Government will provide a discount on wholesale gas and electricity prices for all non-domestic customers (including all UK businesses, the voluntary sector and the public sector), applying to energy usage from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023. The discount will apply to fixed contracts agreed on or after 1 April 2022 as well as to deemed, variable and flexible tariffs and contracts.
We are aware of providers who are not connected to either the gas or electricity grid and the announcement confirmed that equivalent support will also be provided for those who use heating oil or alternative fuels instead of gas. Further detail on this will be announced shortly, please refer to the government website for updates.
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