| Our new assessment framework includes looking at environmental sustainability and your actions to reduce any negative impact on the environment from your activities. Some helpful resources are: Guidelines for sustainable dentistry,which provides a public health-focused approach aligned to wider sustainability goals. NHS Englands Environmental Sustainability in Dentistry module, which supports dental care professionals in primary and secondary care to consider actions and implement changes. Green impact dentistry, whichis a sustainability learning and awards scheme that gives advice and tips to improve sustainability and social responsibility. Private or NHS dental practices can register for the online toolkit for free(the deadline to register is 31 October 2023). We will let you know when this new assessment framework will affect you. Meanwhile, we continue our current methods to monitor, assess and rate providers. On 18 July 2023, CQC registered providers, among other health and care organisations, have been issued with thisNational Patient Safety Alert (NatPSA) on Shortage of GLP-1 receptor agonists,requiring immediate action. CQC is supporting dissemination of the NatPSA as this is a safety critical and complex National Patient Safety Alert. Implementation should be co-ordinated by an executive lead (or equivalent role in organisations without executive boards) and supported by clinical leaders in diabetes, GP practices, weight loss clinics, private healthcare providers, those working in the Health and Justice Sector. Social Care Nursing Advisory Council (SCNAC) logo The Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, Deborah Sturdy, has worked with colleagues at NHS England and across all 42 local Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) in England, to establish social care nursing advisory councils (SCNACs). These councils will help provide a better understanding to Directors of Nursing in ICBs of nursing in adult social care, as well as insight into the wider adult social care sector. This is an exciting opportunity for nurses working in adult social care to inform local understanding and recognition of their profession. The SCNAC Chairs have already participated in a full and beneficial Florence Nightingale Foundation training programme. They are also forming their Councils and Networks with their Chief Nurse. Illustration shows people holding speech bubbles Over the next few months, well be working with Healthwatch England (HWE) to encourage more people to send feedback on their experiences of health and social care. Our focus is on people more likely to experience poorer care and inequalities, such as: autistic people and people with a learning disability. people from ethnic minority communities. people experiencing economic and social deprivation. disabled people with physical or sensory impairments. We're particularly interested in the role of health and social care providers and want to put greater emphasis on how staff welcome and use feedback. We'll use the information we gather to show how the whole system is working collectively to take steps to improve care across England. We want you as providers to feedback on our campaign strategy. It's key that we get your insight as it'll help shape the design of our campaign, visuals and messaging. In her first blog as Interim Director of People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People, Rebecca Bauers talks about the importance of listening to the voices of people with lived experience and how we have been gathering insight to shape our priorities. On 2 August 2023, we will hold a webinar that will focus on new regulatory approach and provider portal to all health and social care providers. Well let you know when we expect to start using our new regulatory approach and the steps well take to get there. This one-hour webinar will be led by Chris Day, our Director of Engagement, and Amanda Hutchinson, our Head of Regulatory Change.Book your place here. We're always keen to hear from you to help us to shape how we work.Sign up to our online participation platform CitizenLabtoday, to share your ideas and feed back on live projects. Currently, we'd love to hear from you about: Using data to inform innovation. Your feedback will inform ongoing work linked to our project exploring how we can capture innovation to help accelerate improvement. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have published a report of their Post implementation Review. This report presents results from a survey undertaken in June 2022, which sought feedback from all providers of a regulated activity in England, on regulations relating to the Care Quality Commission made under the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
The NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme provides financial support to families and dependents of eligible health and social care staff who sadly died from Covid-19 contracted while delivering frontline care during the pandemic. The scheme pays a tax-free lump sum of 60,000 to the deceaseds appropriate person, regardless of their salary. The scheme is non-contributory and there is no cost or liability to employers or staff. The scheme is open until 30 September 2023, in respect of deaths which occurred on or before 31 March 2022. Employers have an important role in submitting and supporting claims and are urged to do so for the benefit of families of their late colleagues. The full details of the scheme and the claim form are available on the NHS website. | 