These free monthly sessions are delivered virtually by the Sussex Community NHS Foundation trust Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH) team and focus on self-care medications, homely remedy medications and personal care medications/items. The sessions provide an opportunity to ask any questions you may have about the Self-Care and Homely Remedies Toolkit and resources will be shared with all participants that attend.
Session dates: Tuesdays – 1st October, 5th November, 3rd December 2024, 7th January, 4th February & Tuesday 4th March 2025 Time: 14:30pm Delivery mode: Online via Microsoft Teams Cost: Free Suitable for: Care home staff who manage and administer medication.
How to access these sessions: The next session is on Tuesday 1st October at 14:30pm. There is no need to book in advance and you can join any of the sessions at the scheduled time by clicking here to access the meeting → Meeting ID: 360 113 708 985 Passcode: 3U7QkR
While the government is currently reviewing the situation, this newsletter highlights the latest resources and guidance to help providers navigate the SAF with confidence, ensuring that high standards of care are consistently maintained across services.
Skills for Care offer a series of online workshops that cover a range of areas related to the CQC, and the content has been updated to reflect the CQC Single Assessment Framework. Please find the upcoming workshops below:
Improving your CQC rating seminar + practical toolkit Date: Tuesday 22nd October 2024 Time: 10:00am – 15:30pm Delivery mode: Online via Zoom Cost: £120+VAT per person (10% discount available for ASC-WDS account holders). ***Registration will close for those who wish to pay by invoice on 5th October 2024 and will close 12th October 2024 for credit card payments. Description: ‘This interactive seminar is for services who have fallen below CQC standards and are looking for practical ways to recover. You will learn about tried and tested ways to successfully implement improvements.’ Click here to book →
Being prepared for CQC inspection seminar + practical toolkit Date: Thursday 14th November or Wednesday 11th December 2024 Time: 10:00am – 15:30pm Delivery mode: Online via Zoom Cost: £120+VAT per person (10% discount available for ASC-WDS account holders). ***Registration will close for those who wish to pay by invoice on 28th October 2024 and will close 4th November 2024 for credit card payments. Description: ‘This interactive seminar will help you to be best prepared for your CQC assessment. You will learn about successful ways to prepare your service to meet or exceed CQC expectations.’ Click here to book 14th November → Click here to book 11th December →
Delivering outstanding care seminar Date: Thursday 23rd January 2025 Time: 10:00am – 15:30pm Delivery mode: Online via Zoom Cost: £120+VAT per person (10% discount available for ASC-WDS account holders). ***Registration will close for those who wish to pay by invoice on 6th January 2025 and will close 13th January 2025 for credit card payments. Description: ‘This interactive seminar is for services who want to deliver the highest standards of care. You will learn about what is needed to go beyond providing good care and demonstrate your care is worthy of an Outstanding rating.’ Click here to book →
Date: Wednesday 11th December 2024 Time: 09:30am – 13:00pm Delivery mode: Online Cost: £75+VAT ***WSPiC members can receive a 10% discount by quoting WSPIC10 & your membership number.
What will this course cover?
The legislation and best practice (or lack of!) that govern the management of controlled drugs
Why some medicines are classified as controlled drugs
The different schedules of controlled drugs, and which CDs fit into which schedules
How to establish how to identify the schedule of a CD
The ‘Action Falls Train the Trainer’ online course is aimed towards health and social care professionals who wish to train, mentor and enable care home staff in implementing the Action Falls programme. The course will take approximately5 weeks based on 1 hour per week of study, and involves both self-directed learning and scheduled webinars featuring subject matter experts (dates TBC).
Course highlights:
Learn to apply the Action Falls assessment, which has been recognised by NHS England as best practice
Receive the Action Fall materials, that you can use in your practice
Engage in meaningful discussions with peers during and on completion of the course
Stay updated on the latest falls-in-care-homes research and an opportunity to get involved in the research.
Infection prevention and control (IPC) measures are critical components in maintaining a safe environment in health and care settings. In this week’s newsletter we share a selection of resources, courses, and guidelines to equip health and care professionals with the knowledge and tools needed to enhance IPC practices and safeguard the health and wellbeing of the people we care for.
This week’s newsletter looks at the role that effective data monitoring plays in supporting you to manage and improve your service, capture positive outcomes, and contribute information to help drive change in the wider health and care system.
This online event will introduce a new research project called Creating Inclusive Residential Care of LGBTQ+ Elders (CIRCLE) that explores potential ways residential care providers could be supported to make their care services more LGBTQ+ inclusive. The event will share details of a new resource that has been created for residential care homes to help services implement the key principles of LGBTQ+ inclusive practice.
Applications are open for the next ‘Digital leadership programme’ with Skills for care & the National Care Forum. The course consists of four workshops on Thursdays 19th September, 26th September, 3rd October & 10th October 2024.
Course description: ‘This learning programme will support both new and experienced managers to have the underpinning skills, knowledge and models of digital leadership that can be practically applied when implementing technology in a care service and promote best practice. It will improve confidence in identifying how digital technology supports the delivery of quality care and will enable managers to identify technology in the market, understand the barriers to technology adoption and how an organisation may choose to address them.’
***Registration will close for those who wish to pay by invoice on 2nd September 2024 and will close 9th September 2024 for credit card payments.
