Latest information on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Care and residential services
All social/community and residential services in Wales are advised to note the latest guidance about COVID-19 to reflect current developments:
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): Care homes and social services
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): Coronavirus and personal protective equipment (PPE)
- COVID-19: infection prevention and control
If local authorities or Local Health Boards wish to provide a service that would otherwise need to be registered as a care home or domiciliary support service, they must notify us of their intentions in advance, using the Exempt services Notification form.
Resources
- CIW: Adapted Registration Guidance for applicants and providers in response to COVID-19
- Health Education and Improvement Wales: COVID-19 Medication Administration
- Nursing Times: COVID-19 training support for care home nurses as outbreak escalates
- Public Health England: Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance on isolation for residential educational settings
- Public Health England: Responding to COVID-19, the ethical framework for adult social care
- Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE): Best interests decisions: A COVID-19 quick guide
- Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE): Care homes and COVID-19: advice and best practice
- Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE): Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for social care
- Social Care Wales: Information and resources to guide you through COVID-19
- Welsh Government: how to work safely in care homes
- Welsh Government: COVID-19 workforce risk assessment tool
Childcare and play services
All childcare and play services in Wales are advised to note the latest guidance about COVID-19 to reflect current developments:
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): Education and childcare
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): National Minimum Standards for regulated childcare
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): Advice for nannies and their employers
- Protective measures in childcare settings: Keep Childcare Safe
Although the guidance is mainly directed at schools and education services, the same applies to all childcare and play services. All such services are asked to take note of this guidance and to regularly check the Public Health Wales website where any future updates will be published directly. From this website you can also access advice issued by the UK Government.
Resources
- CIW: Adapted Registration Guidance for applicants and providers in response to COVID-19
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS): Coronavirus resources
Social services and partner organisations
A collection of guidance to help social services and partner organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will be regularly updating these resources.
- COVID-19 additional resources for social services - Updated 03 August 2020
If you have a suspected or confirmed case of coronavirus, you need to inform us. Please use our notification process for infectious diseases.
Recovery
From 31 July, we are moving to our recovery phase. It is difficult to be exact about how long this phase will last and we will keep it under weekly review, but we anticipate we may be operating in the ways set out here until the autumn.
This recovery approach is in the context of continued community transmission of COVID-19. Any action we take will be in line with Welsh Government and Public Health Wales guidance to help limit the spread of COVID-19. As the prevalence of COVID-19 diminishes, we will increase our inspection activity; equally, if there is a second wave or emergence of local hot spots, we will amend our approach.
The recovery phase is underpinned by key principles which are detailed in our recovery statement.
- Putting people first
- Being risk based and responsive
- Being intelligence led
- Working collaboratively
- Reflecting and learning
In our recovery phase, we will adapt the way we work in line with our principles. Our focus will be on the quality and safety of social care and childcare services. We will work as far as possible in a remote way, making effective use of technology available to us and providers. Our assurance is that where risks are identified, we will respond and we will actively listen and seek feedback from a wide range of sources about the quality of care and support people are receiving. We will use the recovery phase to test new ways of working and learn from these to inform how we will operate in the future.
Additional resources
- Welsh Government: Find help if you’re struggling because of coronavirus
- Learning Disability Wales: resources for people with a learning disability
- Business Wales: COVID-19 Support for Business
- The National Assembly’s Research Service: Coronavirus: help and information for people in Wales
- Books Beyond Words: Free easy read resources to support people through the Coronavirus pandemic
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