The COVID-19 booster and flu vaccinations will be rolled out in the next few months, and we wanted to begin raising awareness with you. It is important that staff take the opportunity when offered to keep themselves healthy and avoid spreading either virus to the...
On the 15th July 2022 the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) issued advice on the next COVID-19 booster campaign, which will take place this Autumn. While we await final details of the campaign, which will likely start in September, there is clear...
Visitors to adult social care settings are no longer required to have a temperature check on arrival. The MHRA have advised there is little scientific evidence to support temperature screening as a reliable method for detection of COVID-19 or other febrile illness,...
The Purple All Stars, a group of people with learning disabilities who use creative arts to deliver health messages across Hertfordshire, have put together a great video to help promote the ‘It’s Never Too Late to be Active’ campaign. You can watch it here:...
The government funding to support providers with paying staff whilst they self-isolate ended on 31st March 2022. Hertfordshire County Council made a decision to cover an extension of this funding for providers for the month of April 2022, to help providers with those...
The NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme provides financial protection to the families of frontline social care and NHS staff who died from COVID-19 infections contracted in the course of their duties. The scheme pays a tax-free £60,000 lump sum where...
