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Adult social care: guidance

Information for the adult social care sector.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care and UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 28 May 2022
• Last updated: 4 November 2026 — See all updates

Infection prevention and control

• Infection prevention and control (IPC) in adult social care (ASC)
  • 28 October 2026
  • Guidance
• Managing cases of suspected high consequence infectious diseases in adult social care
  • 28 May 2025
  • Guidance
• Supporting safer visiting in care homes during infectious illness outbreaks
  • 15 April 2024
  • Guidance
• Infection prevention and control in adult social care: acute respiratory infection
  • 28 March 2024
  • Guidance
• PPE guide for non-aerosol generating procedures
  • 1 February 2024
  • Guidance
• Infection prevention and control for multidrug-resistant organisms in adult social care settings
  • 5 January 2026
  • Guidance

Workforce

• Health and wellbeing of the adult social care workforce
  • 19 May 2022
  • Guidance

Planning care

• People at the Heart of Care: adult social care reform white paper
  • 18 March 2022
  • Policy paper
• Adult Social Care Infection Control and Testing Fund: round 3
  • 1 April 2022
  • Guidance

• Last updated: 4 November 2026
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  1. 4 November 2026

     Added: Infection prevention and control (IPC) in adult social care (ASC)

  2. 5 January 2026

     Added: Infection prevention and control for multidrug-resistant organisms in adult social care settings

  3. 28 May 2025

     Added link to 'Managing cases of suspected high consequence infectious diseases in adult social care'.

  4. 28 May 2024

     Added 'Infection prevention and control (IPC) in adult social care: acute respiratory infection (ARI)' to Infection prevention and control.

  5. 17 May 2024

     Added link to 'Supporting safer visiting in care homes during infectious illness outbreaks'.

  6. 11 October 2022

     Added 3 documents: 'COVID-19 PPE guide for adult social care services and settings', 'COVID-19 PPE guide for unpaid carers' and 'PPE use for non-aerosol generating procedures' under 'Infection prevention and control' section.

  7. 28 May 2022

     First published.