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The government has finished a consultation about making COVID vaccines compulsory for health and care staff in England.
They intend to bring in new regulations to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for anyone deployed by a registered person delivering Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulated activities who has direct, face-to-face contact with service users. This includes health and care staff with clinical and non-clinical roles, for example: care workers, health care assistants, nurses, paramedics, ODPs, receptionists, managers, ward clerks, porters and cleaners.
Over the Christmas period the Everycare office will be closed from 4pm December 24th 2021 to 28th December 2021.
As ever we will continue to operate a manned on call service 24 hours a day for all our clients and staff.
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Everycare Wirral are pleased to announce the appointment of Jacqueline Ryder as the new Registered Care Manager.
Jackie has over 30 years’ experience in the health & social care industry and holds a Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management in Care.
Jackie has been promoted after serving 4 years as Senior Care Supervisor here at Everycare Wirral. Jackie is committed to delivering an outstanding care service and continuing the very high standard of care to which our clients are accustomed.
All home care workers looking after old and vulnerable people in their own homes are now being offered weekly coronavirus tests, the government has announced .
Those working for CQC registered providers will receive weekly PCR tests to administer at home, which will help identify more asymptomatic cases and protect care users who are more vulnerable to the virus.
All registered home care agencies will be contacted with details of how to apply for test kits for their care workers next week.
Home care agencies are responsible for ordering and distributing tests to all home care workers for them to conduct at home on a weekly basis, testing on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday. This approach will maximise the capacity available in all laboratories.
A month’s worth of test kits will be delivered to care providers directly who can distribute tests to their staff using the same channels used to distribute PPE.
‘Home care workers have not been able to access the same level of testing as their colleagues working in care homes’
Minister for Care, Helen Whately said: “Home care workers have been doing an incredible job throughout the pandemic, caring day in and day out and going the extra mile to keep people they care for safe from COVID.
“As our testing capacity continues to expand, I’m glad we’re able to take this next step and make regular testing available to homecare workers. Now, as well as having PPE, home care workers will be able to take a weekly test to check they don’t have Coronavirus.
