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21 Aug 2023

Wales round up August 2023

Social Care Wales are recruiting new Board Members - find out more.

The Welsh Government responded to the consultation on changes to social care legislation. You can read our response here.  The Welsh Government plans to continue to eliminate profit in children's social care; they will also be looking to improve the interface between CHC and Direct Payments in the short-term. The First Minister has since then announced that the Welsh Government will be bringing forward a Bill which will cover both these topics and will legislate to make Direct Payments available for Continuing Health Care.

Canopi is a free, confidential service providing access to mental health and wellbeing supportfor social care and NHS staff in Wales. They've been operating for over a year. You can access posters to advertise their service here.

Care Inspectorate Wales have issued an "Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: A Statement of Strategic Intent" in it they state an intention to build their organisation so it is inclusive and representative and improve their engagement with diverse communities. They also intend to "strengthen the focus on equality and diversity in our work and where we find inequalities we will challenge and report on this."

The Welsh Government have announced the membership of a new advisory board on Welsh Language in health and social care. 

In an update on the Budget Mark Drakeford warned that the Welsh Government was in the toughtest financial situation it had faced since devolution.

A National Immunisation Framework is being developed in the NHS, including digital infrastructure to support vaccination role out - though this isn't anticipated to be ready until 2025.

Healthy Working Wales will be developing a more flexible online offering to support employers to promote the health and wellbeing of their employees.

The Deputy Minister for Social Services gave an update on the Learning Disability Strategic Action and Delivery Plans. 

The Welsh Government have said that they have national programmes which are actively considering interventions to support winter planning for the coming season. This includes via the Further, Faster programme to develop community care capacity.

The Minister for Social Partenrship has given an update on the anticipated commencement dates for the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023.

Social Care Wales have commissioned a study into the data maturity of local authorities with regards their social care data. 

Online training resources are now available from Public Health Wales on Preventing Dehydration and Prevention of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) & Catheter Associated Infection (CAUTI) in Older Adults. Bangor University are also running a MOOC on Infection Prevention and Control. 

Cardiff University has launched a new Centre for Adult Social Care Research.

Updates from Business Wales include:

  • A warning to be wary of rogue business rates agents - rogue agents who submit inaccurate information to challenge business rates valuation may result in businesses having to pay penalties
  • The Welsh Government are investing £8m in new in-work wellbeing services for SMEs
  • DWP has launched a new midlife MOT service to support employees aged 45-65 with financial planning, skills and careers
  • The Living Pension is an initiative building on the work of the Real Living Wage to look at what savings targets are needed to meet the cost of living in retirement.
  • The SME Climate Hub provides tools to help calculate your carbon footprint, access funding and more.

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