Adult social care provider bulletin

We produce a regular provider bulletin, supplying relevant information to adult social care providers in North Yorkshire.

You can download the latest issues and associated documents below. There are also sections for various special editions.

November 2019

•  Health and adult services provider bulletin - volume 2 (pdf / 66 KB)
  In this edition: Assessments, billing & charging and data cleanse
   
•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 102 (pdf / 245 KB)
  In this edition: Adult social care digital and cyber security programme
   
•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 101 (pdf / 256 KB)
  In this edition: Health and Safety Executive - risk of falling from windows 

October 2019

•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 100 (pdf / 213 KB)
  In this edition: gdpr; correspondence from providers; late return of individual service contracts & individual placement agreements; risk notification return; Brexit; provider engagement events - dates for you diary; inclusion of social care staff in NHS season influenza vaccination.

September 2019

•  Risk Notification Return (RNR) and New Safeguarding Policy and Procedures Workshops - volume 2, edition 99 (pdf / 120 KB)
• In this edition: information regardining events that will provide you with an overview of the RNR Process and new Safeguarding Policy and Procedures including new guidance and documentation. 
  Associated documents:
  •  Risk Notification Return (pdf / 332 KB)
  •  Support guidance for providers (pdf / 1 MB)

August 2019

•  UCI Road World Cycling Championships provider bulletin 2019 - edition 2 (pdf / 197 KB)
  In this edition: a special bulletin all about the UCI Road World Cycling Championships. 
  Associated documents:
  •  Road closure summaries (pdf / 5 MB)
  •  Route maps (pdf / 4 MB)

July 2019

•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 98 (pdf / 390 KB)
  In this edition: gdpr; double up packages of care; late return of individual service contracts and individual placement agreements; LGBTQ and community in North Yorkshire urged to share experiences of health and social care; framework agreement - tender opportunity; risk notification return; notification of death; bed returns (occupancy and activity return template); Brexit; equipment in care homes; adult social care recruitment campaign and provider engagement events - dates for your diary.

June 2019

•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 97 (pdf / 157 KB)
  In this edition: social care fees; care homes including nursing for older people; specialist placements in care homes and care homes with nursing; domiciliary care for adults and older people in North Yorkshire; proposals for community based services for adults and older people and CHC packages. 

May 2019 

•  UCI Road World Championships provider bulletin 2019 - edition 1 (pdf / 342 KB) 
  In this edition: a special bulletin all about the UCI Road World Championships.

March 2019

•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 95 (pdf / 105 KB)
  In this edition: social care fees; care homes including nursing for older people; specialist placements in care homes and care homes with nursing; proposals for domiciliary care and proposals for community based services for adults including older people and CHC packages.
   
•  Tour de Yorkshire provider bulletin 2019 - Issue 2 (pdf / 169 KB)
  In this edition: the second special bulletin all about Tour de Yorkshire. Read the first issue below from February 2019.
  Associated document:
  •  Tour de Yorkshire 2019 care arrangements (pdf / 325 KB)

February 2019

•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 94 (pdf / 190 KB)
  In this edition: gdpr; market position statement; late return of individual service contracts & individual placement agreements; reminder: programme for moving & handling workshops - single handed care; uci road world cycling championships 2019; local government and social care ombudsman care provider bulletin; notification of death, bed returns - occupancy & activity return template and provider engagement events reminder.
  Associated documents:
  •  Quality and market improvement provider engagement events 20 March and 9 April 2019 (pdf / 109 KB)
  •  Programme of moving and handling workshops march 2019 (pdf / 88 KB)
     
•  Tour de Yorkshire provider bulletin 2019 - Issue 1 (pdf / 174 KB)
  In this edition: a special bulletin all about Tour de Yorkshire.
  Associated page:
  • Tour De Yorkshire

September 2018

•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 93 (pdf / 223 KB)
  In this edition: fire safety survey; late return of individual service contracts and individual placement agreements; gross vs net payments for care homes; adult social care data and cyber security discovery programme; Christmas / New Year rotas - winter planning; notification of death; provider engagement events; flu - extension of NHS seasonal influenza vaccination; GDPR; World Cycling Championships; and make care matter - myth busting on references.
  Associated document:
  •  Researching the use of technology in care services by the Care Provider Alliance (pdf / 151 KB)

August 2018

•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 92 (pdf / 122 KB)
  In this edition: gross versus net payments for care homes.

July 2018

•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 91 (pdf / 165 KB)
  In this edition: social care fees; care homes and care homes with nursing for older people; specialist placements in care homes and care homes with nursing; domiciliary care; community based services for adults and older people; and ContrOCC.

April 2018

•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 90 (pdf / 139 KB)
  In this edition: care home live bed state portal. Vale of York and Scarborough and Ryedale clinical commissioning groups are trialling a new web-based tool to enable care homes to share live bed vacancies with social care teams, hospital discharge teams and others.

February 2018

•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 89 (pdf / 105 KB)
  In this edition: social care fees; care homes and care homes with nursing for older people; specialist placements in care homes and care homes with nursing; proposals for domiciliary care; proposals for community based services for adults and older people; and CHC packages.

November 2017

•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 87 (pdf / 243 KB)
  In this edition: LGBTQI+ new briefing document available; identity theft and agency workers; new guidance on sleep-in shifts; carers breaks sitting service procurement; and independent health complaints advocacy service for North Yorkshire.
   
•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 86 (pdf / 138 KB)
  In this edition: fee increases; Christmas and New Year rotas; the flu jab; fire risk survey; notification of death; training update; Unison ethical care charter; and ContrOCC.

October 2017

•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 85 (pdf / 146 KB)
  In this edition: results of engagement survey and provider engagement events for November 2017.
  Associated document: 
  •  Provider engagement events for November 2017 (pdf / 93 KB)
     
•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 84 (pdf / 170 KB)
  In this edition: business continuity planning forums.

August 2017

•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 83 (pdf / 199 KB)
  In this edition: provider engagement events, September 2017 events, November 2017 events.
   
•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 82 (pdf / 194 KB)
  In this edition: business continuity planning, fire safety, fire safety survey.

April 2017

•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 76 (pdf / 130 KB)
  In this edition: approved provider list for non-regulated services.
   
•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 75 (pdf / 134 KB)
  In this edition: accessible information standard.
   
•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 74 (pdf / 54 KB)
  In this edition: Herbert Protocol briefing.
   
•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 73 (pdf / 145 KB)
  In this edition: social care fees and additional funding for social care from central government.
   
•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 72 (pdf / 134 KB)
  In this edition: approved provider list for non-regulated services.
  Associated documents:
  •  Herbert Protocol leaflet (pdf / 3 MB)
  •  Tour de Yorkshire bulletin 2017 - care arrangements (pdf / 338 KB)
  •  Process for providers on applying to the non-regulated services list (pdf / 273 KB)

January 2017

•  Social care services provider bulletin - volume 2, edition 68 (pdf / 222 KB)
  In this edition: approved provider list for non-regulated services and impending research project for North Yorkshire County Council in partnership with Durham University.