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<blockquote data-quote="JRT" data-source="post: 2284859" data-attributes="member: 520947"><p>Good morning. I went on Gov.Uk after writing entry and specific advice seems to have changed to a general social distancing, not mixing with others outside your household work from home if you can. Which is fine.</p><p>Covid safe environment is as reliant on employees as much as employers. Who is checking /enforcing? I worked for the local council for 30 years and there standards of risk assessment,particularly H&S are high. Partly due to professionalism,maybe also due to employees being more informed and having more secure terms and conditions. The move to the private sector is an eye opener as anyone who has witnessed the mass panic before a CQC inspection will tell you. My company isnt a particularly bad one,they own 5 homes and residents looked after well and by caring staff. H&S basics are there but not to same degree.Even before pandemic it was not unknown to have to root around for PPE and incontinence products. They have posts on most of social media showing positive images of staff in scrubs with visors etc,I know they have worked with PHE, staff have undergone Coronavirus training etc. I was even wondering last night if I was being over cautious! I'm also on an APP where you can be made aware of shifts etc,see who is working,see messages etc. Last night there was a message from manager telling staff they must wear PPE at all times and change gloves between residents! REALLY? It's also apparent how many long term staff have left so it's a mix of new permenant staff and looking at staffing levels they must be using agency. Covid is apparently back in the building, they are back on full lockdown, no staff movement between floors etc. Apologies for lengthy reply but sometimes what appears to be Covid safe really isnt. If it's any comfort from posts here and elsewhere education seems to be the most consistently supportive employers. Interestingly NHS much less so, Health and Social Care in private sector luck of the draw!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JRT, post: 2284859, member: 520947"] Good morning. I went on Gov.Uk after writing entry and specific advice seems to have changed to a general social distancing, not mixing with others outside your household work from home if you can. Which is fine. Covid safe environment is as reliant on employees as much as employers. Who is checking /enforcing? I worked for the local council for 30 years and there standards of risk assessment,particularly H&S are high. Partly due to professionalism,maybe also due to employees being more informed and having more secure terms and conditions. The move to the private sector is an eye opener as anyone who has witnessed the mass panic before a CQC inspection will tell you. My company isnt a particularly bad one,they own 5 homes and residents looked after well and by caring staff. H&S basics are there but not to same degree.Even before pandemic it was not unknown to have to root around for PPE and incontinence products. They have posts on most of social media showing positive images of staff in scrubs with visors etc,I know they have worked with PHE, staff have undergone Coronavirus training etc. I was even wondering last night if I was being over cautious! I'm also on an APP where you can be made aware of shifts etc,see who is working,see messages etc. Last night there was a message from manager telling staff they must wear PPE at all times and change gloves between residents! REALLY? It's also apparent how many long term staff have left so it's a mix of new permenant staff and looking at staffing levels they must be using agency. Covid is apparently back in the building, they are back on full lockdown, no staff movement between floors etc. Apologies for lengthy reply but sometimes what appears to be Covid safe really isnt. If it's any comfort from posts here and elsewhere education seems to be the most consistently supportive employers. Interestingly NHS much less so, Health and Social Care in private sector luck of the draw! [/QUOTE]
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