Covid-19 Care Provider Support Meetings page
This space is for care providers who participate in the regular COVID-19 calls for providers in the West England area, set up by coproduce care hosted by Sophie @ Coproduce Care & David @ Care and Support West
Provider Groups
- Covid-19 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/careproviderscovid19/about/
- The WhatsApp group is just for providers, so please email us for the link
News on setting up NHSmail
NHSmail - User Guide NHSmail Set up Social Care Provider NHSmail FormSkills for Care Information - Training staff during COVID-19
(updated on 14th April 2020)
Skills for Care
currently has an offer of free induction training which is outlined in their CEO’s letter which is attached below. Details can be found here: https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/About/News/COVID-19-Essential-training.aspx
Skills for Care's CEO's letter has also been sent to Local Authorities.
Notes from previous conference calls - click below
Conference Call Recording: 27th April 2022
Click here to view the recording of the 27/04 provider call
Click here to view useful links from the 27/04 call
Click here to view Wendie Smith & Sarah Saunders slides from the 27/04 call
Click here to view Oona Goldsworthy's slides from the 27/04 call
Conference Call Recording: 9th February 2022
Click here to view the recording of the 09/02 provider call
Click here to view useful links from the 09/02 call
Click here to view Suzanne Westhead & Stephen Beet's slides from the 09/02 call
Click here to view Rebecca Reynolds slides from the 09/02 call
Conference Call Notes: 17th November 2021
Click here to view the recording of the 17/11 provider call
Click here to view Karen Holley's Data Protection Toolkit slides from the 17/11 call
Click here to view Karen Holley's Workforce Development Fund slides from the 17/11 call
Click here to view Katie Porter's slides from the 17/11 call
Conference Call Notes: 13th October 2021
Click here to view the recording of the 13/10 provider call
Conference Call Notes: 8th September 2021
Click here to view the recording of the 08/09 provider call
Click here to view Stephen Beet and Sarah Weston's slides from the 08/09 call
Conference Call Notes: 14th July 2021
Click here to view the recording of the 14/07 provider call
Click here to view Carol Watson's slides from the 14/07 call
Click here to view Sam Mongon's slides from the 14/07 call
Conference Call Notes: 16th June 2021
Click here to view the recording of the 16/06 provider call
Click here to view Hilary Crowhurst's slides from the 16/06 call
Conference Call Notes: 5th May 2021
Click here to view the recording of the 05/05 provider call
Click here to view the South Glos Covid dashboard
Click here to view Sascha Miller's Germ Defence slides from the 05/05 call
Click here to view Oonagh Smyth's slides from the 05/05 call
Conference Call Notes: 7th April 2021
Click here to view the recording of the 07/04 provider call
Click here to view Katie Porter's slides from the 07/04 call
Click here to view Sam Hawker's slides from the 07/04 call
Conference Call Notes: 10th March 2021
Click here to view the recording of the 10/03 provider call
Click here to view Hugh Evans and Helen Holland's slides from 10/03 provider call
Conference Call Notes: 10th February 2021
Click here to view the recording of the 10/02 provider call
Click here to view Daniel Scullane's slides from 10/02 provider call
Click here to view Rosi Shepherd's slides from 10/02 provider call
Conference Call Notes: 13th January 2021
Click here to view the recording of the 13/01 provider call
Click here to view Richard Deverson's slides from 13/01 provider call
Click here to view Sarah Weld's slides from 13/01 provider call
Click here to view Andrew Davidson's slides from 13/01 provider call
Conference Call Notes: 9th December 2020
Click here to view Hugh Evans' slides from 09/12 provider call
Click here to view Anne Pullyblank's slides from 09/12 provider call
Conference Call Notes: 25th November 2020
Click here to view Penny's slides from 25/11 provider call
Conference Call Notes: 11th November 2020
Click here to view the recording of the 11/11 provider call
Click here to view the document of Infection Control Fund Ideas
Click here to view the CQC Infection control spreadsheet template
Click here to view Sophie's slides for the 11/11 provider call
Click here to view Kate's slides for the 11/11 provider call
Click here to view Jon's slides for the 11/11 provider call
Conference Call Notes: 28th October 2020
Conference Call Notes: 14th October 2020
Click here to view the slides for the 14/10 provider call
Click here to view the recording of the 14/10 provider call
Conference Call Notes: 30th September 2020
Click here to view Sophie's slides for the 30/09 provider call
Conference Call Notes: 16th September 2020
Click here to view Natasha's slides for the 16/09 provider call
Click here to view Edward's slides for the 16/09 provider call
Conference Call Notes: 2nd September 2020
Click here to view Annette's slides for the 02/09 provider call
Conference Call Notes: 19th August 2020
Conference Call Notes: 5th August 2020
Click here to view Mik's slides for the 05/08 provider call
Click here to view Natasha's slides for the 05/08 provider call
Click here to view James's slides for the 05/08 provider call
Conference Call Notes: 22nd July 2020
Conference Call Notes: 8th July 2020
Click here to view Lindsey's slides for the 08/07 provider call
Conference Call Notes: 24th June 2020
Click here to view the minutes from Spectrum's 17/06/2020 call (provided by Rizwan)
Conference Call Notes: 10th June 2020
Conference Call Notes: 27th May 2020
Conference Call Notes: 13th May 2020
Conference Call Notes: 6th May 2020
Click here to view Harriet's slides for the 06/05 provider call
Click here to view Lindsey's slides for the 06/05 provider call
Conference Call Notes: 29th April 2020
Conference Call Notes: 22nd April 2020
Conference Call Notes: 15th April 2020
Conference Call Notes: 8th April 2020:
Conference Call Notes: 1st April 2020:
Conference Call Notes: 25th March 2020:
Covid-19 Management Course
Issac Theophilos is running a course on managing COVID19. If you would like to sign up, please follow this link:
Useful Links
- NHS Visitor guidance version 2 (subject to Trust Infection control requirements)
- Care Act easement guidance for Local Authorities
- Learning Disability Senate guidance for families
- Admission and Care of people in Care Homes
- Adult Social Care action plan
- NMC statement about Advance Care planning including DNACPR
- National Autistic Society resources commissioned by DHSC Updated PPE guidance
- Skills for Care workforce intelligence