Q and A to help people receiving support via a personal budget, personal health budget, or direct payment

Skills for Care have received many questions about the Covid-19 pandemic. If you or someone you know is receiving support via a personal budget, personal health budget, or direct payment, this Q and A could help them too.

It answers questions around issues such as the flexible use of a Direct Payment around the pandemic, use of Personal Protective Equipment for PAs, what might happen if a PA or family member becomes sick… all things that people might be wondering about at the moment.

We’re providing a link to the webpage containing the Q and A’s (click on the link and scroll down the webpage to ‘COVID-19 FAQs’) as this document will be regularly updated, so it’s worth checking back for any changes. Here it is:

https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Employing-your-own-care-and-support/Main-Menu-Items/COVID-19-IE-and-PA-updates.aspx

We’ve also received this link from Wigan Council, which is a source of help for people who are self-isolating, need help and have no one to turn to:

https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Crime-Emergencies/Forms/Self-isolation-welfare-support.aspx

If you know of anybody who might need support, please do share it or get them to call 01942 489018.