👂 We have listened to your queries and put together some FAQs about testing 👀 Have a read here bolton.gov.uk/covidtest 🤞We know there are issues with the national booking system and we are urging the government to resolve

NHS COVID-19 App The NHS COVID-19 app has been launched in England and Wales to help control COVID-19 transmission alongside national and local contact tracing.

⚠️Bolton is now under the rule of six. 🏡 But we advise you to only socialise with people you live with. 📉 This is to reduce the rate of infection and allow our local restrictions to be lifted. 👇 Full information: bit.ly/2GLTnAg

Public Health England NW Care Home Pack gov.uk/government/pub…

A temperature, new continuous cough, or a loss or change to sense of smell or taste could be Coronavirus. If you have any of these symptoms you must self-isolate for 10 days.

The Age UK Strength and Balance team are developing an online platform and are looking to develop this further with Facebook Live and further home exercise videos on our YouTube channel. Check out the link below youtube.com/channel/UCfKiJ…

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Day 1 Care Quality Commission Virtual Staff Conference. Excellent Expert by Experience speaking to us about their role and NHS Blackpool Teaching Hospitals 💙🌈 giving us the provider perspective. Thank you!

💰 Need to self-isolate but worried about loss of earnings due to not being able to work? You may be able to claim a £500 support payment. Find out more - bit.ly/34C2ZWR

Child Care Bubble with another household The government has published guidance about how you can get informal childcare for children aged 13 or under from friends and family you do not live with. gov.uk/guidance/makin…

Bolton Coronavirus Resources Daily data sources to help to indicate the current picture of covid cases. boltonjsna.org.uk/coronavirus

Updated Guidance on Social Distancing The government has updated the guidance about social distancing in line with the new national restrictions that commenced on 5 November. gov.uk/government/pub…

Be a Care Hero As part of the region’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, Bolton Council has signed up to the Be a Care Hero recruitment campaign. greater.jobs/content/10231/…

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Bolton Council’s Executive Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Cllr Andy Morgan, said: “It is really positive news that care home staff are now starting to receive the vaccine. bolton.gov.uk/news/article/1…

NHS Digital and the Department H&SC would like to hear from staff re: care home staff testing using LFDs. They’d like to hear about your experience of testing and hear your feedback clicktime.symantec.com/3XkjigL9Rc7aGE…

Asymptomatic (no symptoms) testing is available for critical workers. This programme is only for people who don’t have any symptoms and apt must be booked through the normal process at gov.uk/get-coronaviru…. For more info please visit ww.bolton.gov.uk/testingmanagers

Looking after your mental wellbeing Covid-19 has had an impact on people right across the world and it’s important to take care of your mind as well as your body. Every Mind Matters website includes help/advice bit.ly/36je6pl

Are you a social worker, care home manager, nurse, doctor, allied health professional, paramedic, mental health or learning disability nurse? You may be wondering what you can do to make a difference? Access training resources, toolkits here #WDAD2022 tinyurl.com/2p8j857e