How is Honeywell Health Care responding?

Health screening, self-isolating and COVID-19 cases. All our workers are undergoing extensive symptom screening questions each time they are placed to work in a service/shift to ensure they are fit and safe to work. Any of our workers identified as self-isolating, suffering with symptoms of COVID-19 or who have had contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 will not be offered work and have been advised to follow NHS advice. This includes those who have family members who are self-isolating.
We update our system where care services have a suspected and/or confirmed case of COVID-19 and update our carers records accordingly and any other linked stakeholders. Where workers have come into contact with confirmed cases of COVID then this will have made known to any subsequent potential locations or placements providing an informed choice

Training

We are ensuring our staff our receiving the most up-to-date training and information including 'COVID-19 Safeways of Working' (issued by Public Health England)

Testing

We are establishing COVID-19 Antigen testing for all our current candidates (or their family members) who have isolated to ensure they continue to take the appropriate time off work or can return to caring if the test is negative.

Keeping you up-to-date

All clients will be notified of any workers who have previously been sent to them who are suffering with COVID-19 symptoms, have had contact with a confirmed case or have travelled to high risk areas in the last 14 days.

Continuity of care.

We are working to provide continuity of care and care staff with:
a) advance booking on duty rotas thereby supporting the vital supply of workers, which we feel will become even more essential in the coming weeks)
b) block bookings with assurance the nurse or care worker will come to a specific service for a given period of time or confirmation that the worker is limited to a smaller number of services within the same group, where no symptoms are evident.
Of course our staff and care workers are working extremely hard to ensure care is delivered. Many are working extra hours and giving up time with their own families in these difficult circumstances and we are hugely appreciative of this. Please feel free to thank them for their service as we’re sure this will lift their spirits and help us all remain positive.

Regular communication

We are in regular contact with our workforce via telephone and email along with posting information to our website and we will aim to send as much communication out to you as possible to keep you updated and well informed.

If you have any queries or concerns regarding coronavirus you can contact Honeywell Health Cares via our coronavirus email: coronavirus@honeywellhealthcare.co.uk