COVID Restrictions
Good morning everybody,
Following my email last week we have decided to continue with some COVID restrictions for a one week period (18th July – 24th July 2022).
The below guidance will continue;
- Mask wearing is required within the main Hospice building at all times unless sat at a workstation
- All Vinten Place staff to minimise activity in the main Hospice building
- All visitors to take a lateral flow test prior to arrival
- If you have a visitor planned that cannot easily be rearranged to next week, please speak to Lynn or Luke as this will be reviewed on a case by case basis
I can confirm that you no longer need to do daily lateral flow tests and all Hospice and Vinten Place staff should revert back to bi-weekly testing (Monday and Thursday).
Lateral Flow testing update
Against our COVID-19 Unique Organisation Number only 80 lateral flow tests were registered between the dates of 27/06/2022 and 10/07/2022.
This means either staff are not completing the bi weekly lateral flow tests or have become complacent in not registering them.
Please ensure that you continue to both take your tests and register them as this is still the mandatory instruction from Department and Health and Social Care.
Due to our high levels of engagement in the testing programme we have continued to be able to provide test kits free of charge to all staff and volunteers. I urge people to continue to participate as I would not like to see Derian House having to pay for the kits in the future.
Kind regards,
Ben Leavesley
Head of People and Culture