Information and guidance for professionals in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

• Advice for the social care professionals during the current pandemic (external link)
• COVID-19 and safeguarding adults resource pack (external link) - Resources collected between March and December 2020 to support safeguarding work during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Guidance for health and social care staff who are caring for, or treating, a person who lacks the relevant mental capacity (external link)
• Resolution Protocol - Resolution of professional disagreements in work relating to safeguarding children, young people and their families
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for social care from the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) (external link)
• COVID-19: How to work safely in domiciliary care in England: Government Guidance (published 27th April 2020) (external link)
• Safeguarding adults with dementia during the COVID-19 crisis (external link)
• Government Guidance: Coronavirus (COVID-19) - looking after people who lack mental capacity (external link)
• Update on policies for visiting arrangements in care homes (external link).