Responses

Yesterday I went to the outskirts of Coventry to meet with Debbie Le Quesne the Chief Executive of the West Midlands Care Association and we were able to finalise arrangements for a closer working relationship between our two Associations. I think it is quite clear that the active working between a local or regional Association and a national Association benefits all parties and I know that the Board of National Care Association is delighted to have reached a formal but flexible working arrangement with the West Midlands Care Association.

Today is quite different. I am trying to complete first drafts of a number of responses to Government consultations.The first is a draft paper about the Independent Safeguarding Authority and that response has gone in. I have now completed the first draft of our response to the Green Paper which will go out to the Board for their comments this evening. Any member of National Care Association who would like to be part of this consultation, please email us and I will let you have a copy for comment.

By the end of the day tomorrow I want to have our draft response to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 Code of Practice for health and adult social care on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance and, Prevention and control of infection in care homes out for comment to the Board. This is likely to be a much more robust piece of work as we strive to make sure that requirements to be imposed on our members are pertinent and affordable.
Once our responses have been finalised they will be published on the website.

We have also published on the website today the latest update from the Department of Health about the vaccination programme for front line social care workers whatever sector they work in.