Coronavirus (COVID-19) Special Brief – 15 April 2020

During today's daily government press briefing, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock announced the publication of the Adult social care action plan, highlighting some of the approaches included in the plan such as testing for social care workers, a new care brand, and new processes for people to be able to say goodbye to dying relatives. We responded to the action plan. You can read our statement here.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for today's VODG member Keeping in touch call, and a big thank you to members who led discussions. As ever, your contributions and insights were incredibly helpful and help us to gain a better understanding of the issues facing providers as well as inform our representations to government. The next meeting will take place on 29 April. Registration is open and further details are included below.

• The government today published its adult social care action plan. It can be accessed here.
• Clipper pilot is underway to test a new supply route into social care (i.e. beyond the NHS).
• DHSC continues to emphasise local resilience forums as the workaround.
• VODG is continuing to raise the issue of indemnity for providers and this is now on the Ministerial radar.
• There is a push for clarity over data collection requirements and a communication is expected to be forthcoming.
• All feedback, please email [email protected]