New Hospice Alert Cards

St Clare Hospice and Isabel Hospice are launching a joint initiative in January 2026: Hospice Alert Cards. These cards will help quickly identify patients under their specialist palliative care, ensuring better continuity across all care settings. Please help...

Hertfordshire Suicide Prevention Strategy 

The new Hertfordshire Suicide Prevention Strategy 2025–2030 is now live. Developed in collaboration with professionals and lived experience, it outlines a population-level approach to understanding, supporting, and preventing suicide. You can read the full...

A £1 million reminder – supervision saves lives

A care home has been fined over £1 million after a resident tragically chocked to death while eating alone. Their care plan required close supervision during meals, yet staff left them unattended for 20 minutes. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) confirmed this...

Fire Safety Legislation Update

In August of this year the BSI defined what constitutes a responsible person when completing a fire risk assessment with their new standard, BS 8674.  This voluntary standard sets an expectation of knowledge and experience that you should hold to competently...