Winter Bed Pressures and new PHE out-of-hours contact details

Dec 21, 2018

How can you make a significant difference? Dear member, Following previous winter pressures, HCPA have collaborated with HCC on how you can provide significant support for bed pressures and effectively utilise HCPA tools and services for this winter. Here are some...

The Skills for Care Workforce Development Fund

Dec 12, 2018

Helping you help others Do you have staff completing health and social care qualifications? You may be able to access funding towards the cost of these via HCPA. The Workforce Development Fund (WDF) is open and funding can now be claimed towards the cost of listed...

Claim for Mandatory Training before it’s too late!

Oct 4, 2018

Funding claims are paid on a first-come-first-serve basis As in previous years, there will be a maximum cap of £500 per organisation to claim back from training delivered between 1st October 2018 and 31st March 2019. As always, this funding is not guaranteed and...

National Falls Prevention Awareness Week

Sep 7, 2018

Let us know what exercise your service provides HCPA and the local CCG’s are reviewing what exercise is currently being offered within Care Services across Hertfordshire, so thatwe can review gaps and support an increase in exercise provision. Exercise is extremely...

Fire Safety Workshop for Residential Services

Sep 7, 2018

Book your FREE place Herts Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS), HCPA and Adult Care Services (ACS) are working together to deliver a Fire Safety Workshop for Residential providers who did not attend the Fire Safety workshops last year, or earlier this year in April. Adult...

HCPA’s StopFalls Campaign Update

Aug 7, 2018

Fantastic results so far! With 1 out 3 people aged 65 years or over falling each year, HCPA decided to launch the StopFalls Campaign with the aim of reducing falls across Hertfordshire. We are now half-way through our year-long StopFalls Campaign and we are thrilled...