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Next week there are three provider engagement forums: a Care Home Forum on Tuesday, a Countywide Strategic Forum for all on Wednesday and a Housing with Support Forum on Thursday. Please look out for the joining links.
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County Care Home Forum: Tuesday 27 February, 2-3pm
Please join us for the next County Care Home Forum meeting on Tuesday 27 February, 2pm-3pm. An open invitation to all care homes within the Devon County Council footprint to regularly meet with Devon’s Market Management Team, NHS Devon, commissioners and other professionals. Share information on key topics of interest and concern, hear about and get involved in care home commissioning work and find out more about other key national and local care home priorities.
February’s meeting includes the following agenda items:
- Safeguarding update – Kayleigh Bradford & Sarah Mackereth
- Market Position Statement refresh 2024 – feedback from provider engagement session on 21 Feb – Nicola Tribble/Heather Mills
- Introducing Valuing Care – Nicola Tribble
- Care Home Forum provider survey feedback – Clare Diffey
- DCHC conference 14 March 2024, Exeter Racecourse – Lucy Bull/Nicola Tribble
We have worked with DCHC (Devon Care Home Collaborative) to finalise the agenda.
We will be using Teams Webinar from now on, so look out for the hyperlink included in a bulletin this week, you will need to register your attendance, then the event will automatically be added to your calendar with the event details, including the meeting link
Countywide Strategic Forum on 28 February: Focus on Workforce
The next meeting will be held on 28 February from 1 to 3pm.
Please hold this time and date in your calendars, if you have not received a link less than a week before the forum please email us.
This is your opportunity to influence the national workforce strategy: What would the adult social care workforce look like to you if it were fixed?
The agenda for the event is:
Welcome and Introduction – Nicola Tribble and Ian Hobbs
Introducing the strategy - Jane Brightman, Lead for the national Strategy, Skills for Care
The Workforce in Devon; Profile and Issues – Jill Croskell, Devon lead Skills For Care
- Summary of assessment of Devon’s providers – Presentation and Small Group Exercise
- Priorities for the next 1-5 years
- Priorities for the next 5-15 years
- Feedback and Discussion
- Conclusions and next steps
If you have any further questions regarding the upcoming Countywide Strategic Forum please contact the socialcarebusinessrelations-mailbox@devon.gov.uk
Devon-wide Forum Invite Forum.pptx
Devon- Data Summary.docx
Housing with Support Forum: 29 February 11am-12noon
The next Housing with Support Forum will be held via Microsoft Teams on 29 February at 11am. Joining links will be sent out to providers via Gov Delivery this week. If you have not received an invite by the endif this week please email us socialcarebusinessrelations-mailbox@devon.gov.uk.
Safety Alert: Bed Rails Management and Safe Use
Please be aware that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a safety alert over the safe use of bed rails, bed grab handles and other similar devices that pose a risk of entrapment or falls.
It includes a list of actions that need to be taken by all those responsible for this equipment, including care providers, occupational therapists and community healthcare organisations by 1 March 2024 (ADASS is currently working to confirm this timeline). The actions can be found here.
The ’here’ link above takes you to the NPSA Alert which includes the ‘Actions Required’ by the 1 March 2024:
- Update your organisation’s policies and procedures on procurement, provision, prescribing, servicing and maintenance of these devices in line with the MHRA’s updated guidance on the management and safe use of bed rails.
- Develop a plan for all applicable staff to have training relevant to their role within the next 12 months with regular updates. All training should be recorded.
- Review the medical device management system (inventory/database) for your organisation or third-party provider for devices within your organisation, including those which have been provided to a community setting (for example, the patient’s own home). Keep this system up to date.
- Implement maintenance and servicing schedules for the devices in the inventory/database, in line with the manufacturer’s instructions for use and/or service manual. Prioritise devices which have not had regular maintenance and servicing. If this is outsourced, compliance with the schedule should be monitored.
- Review patients who are children or adults with atypical anatomy as a priority. Ensure the equipment they have been provided with is compliant with BS EN 50637:2017 unless there is a reason for using a non-compliant bed. Record this on the risk assessment and put in place measures to reduce entrapment risks as far as possible.
- Review all patients who are currently provided with bed rails or bed grab handles to ensure there is a documented up-to-date risk assessment. Complete risk assessments for patients where this has not already been done and for each patient who is provided with bed rails or bed grab handles.
Implement systems to update risk assessments where the equipment or the patient’s clinical condition has changed (for example, reduction/improvement in weight or mobility), and also at regular intervals
Rowcroft Education’s March learning events
Latest learning opportunities from Rowcroft Hospice, free to providers in X areas, other welcome in exchange for donations – please check previous text and add appropriate short intro
5 March – Promoting skin integrity in end of life care (online) - for all health & social care professionals - Promoting skin integrity in end of life care | Rowcroft Hospice
12 March – Palliative Care Emergencies (online) – for all health & social care professionals - Palliative care emergencies | Rowcroft Hospice
14 March - Pharmacological management of breathlessness & supplementary oxygen use at end of life (online) - for registered healthcare professionals - Pharmacological management of breathlessness & supplementary oxygen use at end of life | Rowcroft Hospice
28 March – Facing death creatively (classroom) – for all health & social care professionals Facing death creatively | Rowcroft Hospice#
Click on the ‘BOOK HERE’ link at the bottom of each web page to book places.
Supporting International Recruits in Health & Social Care: Short Course from Petroc College
Petroc College is hosting an International Health and Social Care short course, tailored to support international recruits aspiring to excel in the UK health and social care sector. This bespoke program has been designed to focus on key areas such as an Introduction to Health and Social Care, terminology used within the sector, the principles of safeguarding, and effective communication techniques.
This course is focused on facilitating a smooth transition for international professionals into the UK health and social care sector. To accommodate diverse schedules and commitments, a minimal engagement of 1.5 hours per week for 4 weeks is required. Alternatively, participants have the option to complete the course online, providing flexibility to accommodate individual needs and preferences.
The course will run one day a week (for 1.5 hours) for 4 weeks. It will take place online every Friday, 1.30 – 3pm from 8 March to 5 April 2024 (excluding 28 March due to Bank Holiday).
This is fully funded for Devon International Recruits so Book your place now.
Latest RWK Goodman Training Sessions
South West Councils have arranged the following training sessions with experts from legal company RWK Goodman:
Compliance Training - 11am-1pm on 27 March with Sudipta Dey
Right to Work Checks - 11am-1pm on 25 March with Sophie Waller
Ethical Recruitment Practices - 11am-1pm 12 March with Adrian Henderson
Please email jessie.cartwright@swcouncils.gov.uk for further information on how to join.
Good news story: Bev's new wheelchair allows her to be taken on a date
Love has continued to blossom for one resident of Bay Court Nursing Home in Budleigh Salterton, who moved to the home over a year ago after suffering a major, life-changing stroke.
Bev Ayres, 60 has been bed-bound for all of that time and has resigned herself to the fact that she may never go out again. It’s taken all this time, with huge dedication, from the activities team and staff, to build Bev’s confidence and encourage her out of bed. Once her new, motorised wheelchair was delivered, (quickly nicknamed ‘The Monster Truck’) Bev was persuaded to go to the local food market and craft fair
Bev said, “This is the first day of the rest of my life. She said “ I feel alive again. I have got my life back. We must never underestimate the need to belong and feel part of the community that we live. What a privilege this job is for myself and my activities team, to be able to make such a difference.
Bev has also recently become engaged and having discussions about this being held at Bay Court!
Find out more at https://www.baycourt.net
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