Safeguarding Referrals Out of Hours

HCPA are very keen to ensure all our members understand this process. Anyone making a safeguarding referral needs to be aware that any email sent to the safeguarding team on adult.safeguarding@hertscc.gcsx.gov.uk will not be seen or actioned until the next working day...

SMILE’s Exercise Success at Elizabeth House!

Jade Amis, HCPA’s SMILE Engagement & Wellbeing Tutor, has recently completed a 24-week wheelchair based exercise course with residents at Elizabeth House in Welwyn Garden City. HCPA’s SMILE offer exercise classes to everyone in Hertfordshire, including...

Five Key Steps to Assessing Capacity

Improve your capacity assessments with Community Care Inform Adults’ new mental capacity and deprivation of liberty practice hub The process of assessing a person’s mental capacity is often misunderstood by social care practitioners as they seek to apply the...

How can you help with reducing medication waste?

The NHS is continuously trying to improve efficiencies to make sure money is being spent in the most appropriate places within the health and social care system. One area of focus is reducing waste, including medications in care homes. £50,000,000 of waste medicines...

Safeguarding Policy Review Service

HCPA can offer the services of a specialist safeguarding consultant to review your safeguarding adults from abuse and/or whistleblowing policies & procedures. This service is available with a discount for HCPA members. The review will give support and guidance...