Get ready for visitor testing Rapid testing kits are being delivered to all care homes in England. To prepare for visitor testing you should: - decide where your designated entrance or outside dry space will be, for donning personal protective equipment (PPE)
- decide where your testing and results waiting area will be, away from your main area, so visitors can social distance while waiting
- find storage space for your test kits
- take part in a webinar (care homes will receive links by email)
- complete the online training (care homes will receive links by email)
Free PPE for care homes continues until March 2021. To make sure there is enough for the new visiting arrangements, there will be a one-off additional delivery for every Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered home. To prepare for visitor PPE you should: - register on the PPE portal if you've not already done so
- make space inside or outside for donning PPE
- find extra storage space
Visit GOV.UK for visiting arrangements in care homes Blog watch
If someone had told registered manager Melissa Jones three weeks ago her care home would be filled with the voices, laughter and tears of relatives being reunited with loved ones she wouldn't have believed them.
That was until she received an email from Cornwall Council looking for care homes to take part in a pilot for rapid COVID-19 testing for visitors. Click below to find out more...
Read 'Tests, tears and triumphs' on the Social Care blog
This communication has been sent by the Care Quality Commission on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
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