This guidance sets out key messages to support planning to prevent the widespread transmission of COVID-19 during the ongoing pandemic and the HSC rebuild/recovery efforts. The information and advice it provides has been developed in consultation with a number of representative bodies.
Please note that this guidance is currently under review and therefore does not contain the most up-to-date advice.
Pending the completion of the review and update of the guidance, if you have any concerns/queries regarding COVID-19 in a residential children’s home setting, please direct these to: the Trusts’ named leads (contact details are provided at Annex B of the guidance); or to Deirdre Webb, Assistant Director of Public Health Nursing in the PHA (deirdre.webb@hscni.net or tel: 07920 186497); or to Emily Roberts, Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Young People in the PHA (emily.roberts@hscni.net or tel: 07810 527191).
COVID-19 - Guidance for Residential Children's Homes in Northern Ireland