Guidance for care providers
Guidance for providers
Please see up-to-date national and local guidance for health and social care staff and staff who visit people in their homes regarding COVID-19.
Key guidance for providers
For all providers
- Coventry and Warwickshire Care homes COVID-19 Outbreak Control Plan (PDF, 1.06 MB)
- Coventry and Warwickshire Care homes COVID-19 Outbreak Control Plan - Executive Summary (PDF, 211 KB)
- Social care settings: Responding to Covid-19
- GOV.UK - Steps to take following the death of a person who worked in adult social care in England
- Department of Health and Social Care - Test and Trace: guidance for social care employers about staff isolation (PDF, 89 KB)
- Care home infection control plan
- NHS - Clinical guide for supporting compassionate visiting arrangements for those receiving care at the end of life (PDF, 164 KB)
- Letter from Chief Executive, Warwickshire County Council, to all Care Providers (PDF, 125 KB)
Care and nursing homes
- Key considerations for safe delivery of Covid-19 vaccinations (second doses) within care home settings (PDF, 218 KB)
- Care home visiting letter (PDF, 172 KB)
- Letter from NHS England - Resources to support care of the dying in a Care Home Setting (PDF, 354 KB)
- Letter from NHS England - Resources to support treatment of individuals becoming acutely unwell with COVID19 related symptoms in a Care Home Setting (PDF, 285 KB)
- Public Health England - Pathway: Individual discharged from Hospital into Care Home (PDF, 340 KB)
- Confirmation of State aid received under the Covid-19 Temporary Framework for UK Authorities Letter (PDF, 179 KB)
- Funding for Infection Control in Care Homes from the Department of Health & Social Care Letter from WCC (PDF, 388 KB)
- Flowchart guidance for care home staff and residents following SARS-CoV-2 testing (PDF, 589 KB)
- Information for Care Homes supporting those living with Dementia (PDF, 188 KB)
- Public Health England - Online reporting tool for care homes to notify PHE of suspected outbreaks, or partner organisations on behalf of a Care Home
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): admission and care of people in care homes
- Public Health England - Frequently Asked Questions for Care Settings (PDF, 510 KB)
- Public Health England - COVID-19 Toolkit (PDF, 594 KB)
- Guidance on admitting patients to care homes from hospital discharge (PDF, 110 KB)
- British Geriatric Society - Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in care homes
- Coronavirus Contingency - Safe administration of medicines from original packs in care homes - March 2020
Domiciliary care, extra care/sheltered housing and supported living
- Coronavirus (COVID 19): provision of home care
- COVID 19 - Guidance for staff who provide personal care/therapy for individuals in their homes and visiting staff (Warwickshire County County Council/Coventry City Council) (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Public Health Guidance on Covid-19 for Sheltered Accommodation (PDF, 194 KB)
- COVID-19: how to work safely in domiciliary care in England (GOV.UK)
- NHS - Workforce guidance for mental health, learning disabilities and autism, and specialised commissioning services during the coronavirus pandemic
Infection control and PPE guidance
- Advice on the safe use of PPE during the heat wave
- Infection Control guidance
- Guide to donning and doffing standard Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (Public Health England) (PDF, 332 KB)
- Putting on and removing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - a guide for health and social care settings (NHS England, YouTube)
Getting tested
- DHSC - Letter from Director General, Adult Social Care - Rollout of whole care home testing (PDF, 113 KB)
- DHSC - Whole-home testing for care home staff and residents (PDF, 160 KB)
- DHSC - Care Home Testing Referral Form (XLSX, 39 KB)
- GOV.UK - Care homes testing matrix
- GOV.UK - Government launches new portal for care homes to arrange coronavirus testing
- HM Government - Coronavirus Testing for Essential Workers - Information Pack for Employers (PDF, 521 KB)
- HM Government/NHS - Coronavirus National Testing Programme Frequently Asked Questions for Essential Workers (PDF, 200 KB)
- Coronavirus National Testing Programme Frequently Asked Questions for Employers of Essential Workers (PDF, 181 KB)
- HM Government/NHS - Essential Workers: How to book a coronavirus test (PDF, 274 KB)
- DHSC - Letter from Matt Hancock - Making it easier to get your essential workers tested for Coronavirus DHSC
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): getting tested (GOV.UK)
- Coronavirus testing for care home residents (PDF, 53 KB)
- Standard Operating Procedure - Management of Nursing Home and Residential Home COVID 19 Testing (PDF, 296 KB)
Social distancing
- Coronavirus outbreak FAQs: what you can and can't do (GOV.UK)
- Social distancing rules explained - poster (PDF, 1.3 MB)
- Social distancing while shopping - poster (PDF, 993 KB)
- Social distancing social media messages (PDF, 319 KB)
Mental health and learning disability
- Warwickshire County Council - Coronavirus - Resources for those with a Learning Disability and/or Autism
- NHS - Workforce guidance for mental health, learning disabilities and autism, and specialised commissioning services during the coronavirus pandemic
- Warwickshire County Council Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
- NHS - Health Education England - Physical Care Competency Framework for Mental Health and Learning Disability Settings (PDF, 80 KB)
- Letter from NHSE making clear that blanket DNACPR notices should not be used and advice about the frailty scale for autistic people (NHSE)
- Mental Health Service Information (PDF, 1.3MB)
Children and families
- GOV.UK - Local authority children’s services: coronavirus (COVID-19)
Help and support available to children and families - Warwickshire County Council (PDF, 135 KB) - Coventry & Warwickshire Covid-19 family wellbeing pack - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust
Informal/unpaid carers
- Helping you manage your wellbeing if you care for someone during the COVID-19 outbreak (PDF, 110KB)
- Support if you are living with, or caring for a person with dementia in Warwickshire (PDF, 210KB)
- Guidance for those who provide unpaid care to family and friends (GOV.UK)
Wellbeing
- Fitter Futures Warwickshire - Physical Activity Pack (PDF, 956 KB)
- Guidance for the Public on the mental health and wellbeing aspects of Coronavirus (COVID-19) (GOV.UK)
- Exception to the once a day exercise rule for medical need (GOV.UK)
- Warwickshire Wellbeing Team coronavirus update (PDF, 96KB)
- Warwickshire is here to help you (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Warm and well advice during COVID-19 (PDF, 138 KB)
Easy Read guidance
- Mencap - 2 metre / 1 metre plus social distancing rule
- Mencap - Travelling safely
- Mencap - Going to work safely
- Mencap - Going to a funeral
- Mencap - Top tips for keeping safe guide
- ISS Hub Offer (PDF, 238KB)
- Turning Point Guidance (PDF, 206KB)
- Easy Read - Look after your mental health (PDF, 5.3 MB)
- Social distancing dos and don'ts - poster (PDF, 7.0 MB)
Supplementary guidance
- Face Covering Exemptions - Warwickshire County Council
- Support for People Bereaved During COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF,225 KB)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): looking after people who lack mental capacity - GOV.UK
- Information for shielding and protecting people defined on medical grounds as extremely vulnerable from COVID-19 (GOV.UK)
- Guidance for care of the Deceased
- Dementia and COVID 19 (PDF, 118 KB)