Home Care Services

(asked on 20th April 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of health of people reliant on care provided by domiciliary care staff; and what protection is being provided to those staff visiting multiple private homes in one day.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 5th May 2020

We do not currently hold data on trends in the level of health of those receiving domiciliary care. NHS Digital do however collect and publish an annual survey on the quality of life of individuals in state funded domiciliary care, their satisfaction with services, and other important outcomes which is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-social-care-outcomes-framework-ascof.

Care staff visiting multiple private homes in one day should receive personal protective equipment (PPE) from the care provider they work for in line with the latest government recommendations. To support staff in using this equipment, Public Health England published tailored guidance on the use of PPE in domiciliary care on 27 April. This is available at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/882376/Domiciliary_guidance_England.pdf.

It includes clear guidance and illustrative case studies that explain how care workers visiting multiple homes in one day should use PPE.

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