DHSC Second Permanent Secretary appointed
The Chief Executive of Leeds City Council, Tom Riordan, has been appointed as the Permanent Secretary in the Department of Health and Social Care from Monday 23 September. Learn more here.
guidance sets out the process for certifying the medical cause of death in England and Wales. It includes guidance for medical practitioners on who can complete an MCCD, the role of medical examiners and more. Click here for more infromation.
New best practice guidance for reablement services
The Social Policy Research Unit at the University of York have partnered with the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) to publish evidence-informed guidance to help those who commission, manage and deliver reablement services tackle key barriers that can prevent people from fully benefitting from the service. View the full resource here.
DBS launch new Customer Satisfaction Survey
The survey from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is intended for customers who have used Disclosure services to obtain a DBS certificate, and/or have contacted DBS Customer Services for support. The survey will take around 5 minutes to complete and is anonymous. Click here to learn more.
Annual Flu programme
The UK Health Security Agency have included ‘Flu vaccination: easy-read flu vaccination resources’ and translations to the ‘Flu vaccination: who should have it this winter and why leaflet’ to the 2024 to 2025: information for healthcare practitioners guidance.
Reforms to the death certification process in England and Wales
Baroness Merron, Parliamentary Under-Sectary of State for Patient Safety, Women’s Health and Mental Health has announced new reforms to the guidance for medical practitioners completing medical certificates of cause of death in England and Wales. More information can be found here.
Easy read guide to the shingles vaccine
The leaflet provides information on the shingles vaccination such as doses, eligibility and possible side effects. Easy-read leaflets are aimed at eligible adults who have a learning disability and their parents or carers. Click here to access.
CSA Show Us You Care campaign
The Care and Support Alliance has designed a tool that shows campaigners what the state of care is like in their area and directs them to email their MP asking them to take action on care. The email asks MPs to champion social care and write to the PM asking them to publish an urgent plan of action for social care. The campaign is still live, more information can be found here.
