Camille Leavold said: “I am sincerely delighted and grateful to have received this award. “I love working to help support society’s most vulnerable people by providing them with the support they need to remain living at home. “I am also really thrilled that Deborah Sturdy OBE, Chief Nurse for Adult Care and the Dept of Health and Social Care is working so hard to shine a light on, and bring recognition to, the valuable and vital work of the UK’s home care workforce.” Presented as gold and silver awards, they represent an important step towards bringing recognition in line with the NHS workforce, and recognise the extraordinary commitment of the adult social care workforce.
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Launching the awards, Professor Sturdy, said: “The pandemic has shone a light on the exemplary efforts of our dedicated social care workforce, and I am committed to ensuring we recognise the selfless hard work they do day in and day out.
“The social care workforce more than ever continues to demonstrate unwavering compassion, professionalism and dedication. Not only during the pandemic but every year.”
She added: “I am extremely proud to present these awards to colleagues in social care which reflect those for colleagues in the NHS.
“These individual awards recognise exceptional practice and care and rightly give recognition, acknowledgement and appreciation that those individuals deserve.”
New award to recognise exceptional practice in adult social care workforce
The exceptional efforts of the social care workforce will be recognised through a new award launched by the Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care.
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The award will bring recognition to social care workers in line with NHS workforce awards
Professor Deborah Sturdy has today (Wednesday 19 May) outlined her commitment to recognise the outstanding contribution made by social care workers and nurses in England and their enormous range of skills, expertise and enduring compassion.
The awards will mirror the Chief Nursing Officer Ruth May’s awards for the NHS, and aim to celebrate nurses and care workers in adult social care who go above and beyond their everyday roles to provide excellent care, leadership and inspiration.
Isolation rule scrapped for care home residents on ‘low risk’ trips Source: Ingimage
Care home residents in England will now be able to leave their home for what are deemed “low risk” visits without having to self-isolate on their return, the government has confirmed.
The move comes as part of updated guidance which reflects a lower prevalence of coronavirus cases across the country.
“I know this change to the guidance will be hugely welcomed by many and give so many the chance to safely leave their home”
Deborah Sturdy
The change also comes as latest figures show 95% of residents in England have received their first Covid-19 vaccine and 71% have been given their second.
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