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Issue 360: 26 March 2024
This bulletin covers:
*Workforce:* international recruitment
*Health and wellbeing:* COVID-19 spring vaccination; measles; palliative and end of life care
*Training and development: *ReSPECT awareness and level two sessions; culturally appropriate
care; self-care and homely remedies
*Digital social care:* digital skills framework
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Workforce
International recruitment
Guidance for adult social care providers to ethically and sustainably recruit care workers from overseas [
] was published on 18 March.
Meanwhile, this information is for prospective international applicants for health and social care jobs [
] in the UK. It was updated on 18 March to improve navigation of the document.
There is new content in part one on fraud, EEA qualifications, professional indemnity, requirement to drive; and in part two, example concerns, visa extensions, pensions, healthcare services, adapting to cultural differences and religious support groups.
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Health and wellbeing
COVID-19 vaccination spring 2024
‘Spring 2024’ resources around the COVID-19 vaccination for eligible individuals were added to this guidance [
] on 18 March.
Protecting against measles
Measles is a serious infection that can make people very unwell. Some people will suffer life-changing complications leading to hospitalisation and, in rare cases, even death.
The Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine is the best way to protect yourself and those around you. It’s available free from your local GP practice.
In England 84.5% of children age 5 have had two doses, similar to uptake in East Sussex (86.8%).
But uptake is the lowest it has been in 10 years: well below the threshold required to prevent an outbreak, and there are lots of people who have missed their MMR.
This means the risk of an outbreak of measles occurring locally is increasing. Recently there have been two large outbreaks in London and the West Midlands. Currently there is a case of measles in West Sussex.
It's never too late to get your MMR vaccine.
If you’re not sure if you are up to date, contact your GP. Knowing your MMR status will protect you and people that you work with.
More information: measles, mumps, rubella and the MMR vaccine [
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Infection prevention and control
This guidance [
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It was updated on 25 March in line with changes to outbreak testing and testing on discharge from hospitals into care homes from 01 April 2024. Text on visiting was updated to reflect the new Care Quality Commission fundamental standard.
Palliative and end of life care helplines
The NHS Sussex palliative and end of life (PEoLC) care team has issued details of the 24/7 helplines for health and care professionals seeking advice on the care of people in East Sussex with palliative and end of life care needs.
If the person is already registered with one of the hospices listed below, the relevant helpline may also be able to offer additional support. Contact the relevant service directly to confirm options.
Advice can be sought for anyone with PEoLC needs, they don’t need to be known to a hospice before you call.
* St Peter and St James, Lewes
01444 470819
* St Wilfrid’s Eastbourne
01323 434222
* St Michael’s Hastings
07967 724731
* Martlets, Brighton and Hove
01273 273400
More information: sxicb.sussexpeolc@nhs.net
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Training and development
ReSPECT awareness and level 2 sessions
Dates have been released for the next online ReSPECT awareness sessions.
These are on Teams (link below) and run from *3.00pm* to *4.30pm.*
Key learning outcomes include:
* understanding the ReSPECT process
* enabling residents/clients and their families to be involved with decisions about their emergency care and treatment​
* ensuring ReSPECT conversations are communicated with nursing leads, care home matrons and/or GP​.
Next session dates:
*02, 15 April*
*07, 21 May*
There are further sessions in June through to August.
Join the sessions [
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More information: christine.penhale@nhs.net
*Level 2 authorship*
These sessions are for senior registered nurses, paramedics, medical staff or allied health professionals who will facilitate and document ReSPECT conversations and clinical recommendations.
All sessions are from *09.00am* to *12.00 midday* via Teams.
Key learning outcomes include:
* explaining the background to and purpose of the ReSPECT process
* describing the sequence involved in the ReSPECT process
* demonstrating how to achieve appropriate shared decision-making
* showing how to record recommendations that are easy to understand
* describing capacity law and the role of a legal proxy
To book, you can email: sc-tr.ourpeoplesgateway@nhs.net
Please use your work email and provide your name, email address, where you work, your job role and the date you would like to attend.
The April and May sessions run on:
*04, 10, 17, 30 April*
*09, 14, 23, 29 May*
There are further sessions in June through to August.
*Culturally appropriate care*
This culturally appropriate care guide [
] was developed by our adult social care training team in partnership with Skills for Care.
Tania Hudson, ESCC training and development consultant, said: “Our aim is that the guide can help you to #KeepLearning about culturally appropriate care: what that means to the people you support and what it looks like in practice.”
Self-care and homely remedies
If you work in a care home in East Sussex and manage and administer medication, then this free training on *02 April* is for you.
It starts at *2:30pm *and you don’t have to book in advance.
The session will cover:
* self-care medications
* homely remedy medications
* personal care medications/items
It’s run by Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH) team. Participants will be given resources which can be adapted to suit the needs of their care home and will have the opportunity to ask any questions.
More information: sc-tr.moch-eastsussex@nhs.net
Join the meeting [
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If you can’t make 02 April, the next session will be on 07 May, with more dates from June through to March 2025.
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Digital social care
Digital skills framework
This free resource helps to support the development of digital skills across the adult social care workforce.
It can be used by employers to help with planning staff training or by individuals for their personal development.
More information: digital skills framework [
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Meanwhile, take a look at this new animation about digital social care records: putting people back at the heart of care | Digitising Social Care [
]. It illustrates the benefits of digitally adding notes, uploading photos, co-ordinating personalised activities and cutting the time spent writing up handover notes.
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