The Department of Health and Social Care is developing policy on vaccination and infection control requirements for care home staff, alongside guidance on visiting rights in care homes, hospitals, and hospices. The policy addresses workforce protection, resident safety, and the balance between infection prevention and social access, with recent focus on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination for older adults.
In response to: Visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices
This consultation will inform the government's proposed development of secondary legislation on visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices.
Seeks views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for a full employment history when appointing volunteers in health and care settings.
The government wants to make some new rules on visiting care homes, hospitals and hospices in England. We would like your ideas.
Seeks views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for a full employment history when appointing volunteers in health and care settings.
Seeks views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for a full employment history when appointing volunteers in health and care settings.
The government wants to make some new rules on visiting care homes, hospitals and hospices in England. We would like your ideas.
This consultation will inform the government's proposed development of secondary legislation on visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices.
The government wants to make some new rules on visiting care homes, hospitals and hospices in England. We would like your ideas.
This consultation will inform the government's proposed development of secondary legislation on visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices.
In response to: Revoking vaccination as a condition of deployment across all health and social care
We are seeking your views on revoking provisions which require COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of deployment in health and social care settings.
We are seeking your views on revoking provisions which require COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of deployment in health and social care settings.
We are seeking your views on revoking provisions which require COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of deployment in health and social care settings.
In response to: Making vaccination a condition of deployment in older adult care homes
In response to: Making vaccination a condition of deployment in older adult care homes
We are seeking your views on a proposal to make COVID-19 vaccination a condition of deployment in older adult care homes.
We want your views on plans to minimise the risk of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections by making residential and nursing care home providers restrict the movement of care staff.
We are seeking your views on a proposal to make COVID-19 vaccination a condition of deployment in older adult care homes.
We are seeking your views on a proposal to make COVID-19 vaccination a condition of deployment in older adult care homes.
We want your views on plans to minimise the risk of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections by making residential and nursing care home providers restrict the movement of care staff.
We want your views on plans to minimise the risk of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections by making residential and nursing care home providers restrict the movement of care staff.