Residential homes – we need your help!

Mar 9, 2023

HCPA are currently working in partnership with HCC and other health partners to develop a pilot scheme to help improve governance around tasks delegated from health services to residential homes. To help us understand and develop this role, we need to know what...

Important reminder: Masks still to be worn in Care Services

Jun 1, 2022

The Monitoring Officers at Hertfordshire County Council have recently noted many instances where Care Professionals are no longer following guidance on the proper use of PPE. Getting PPE wrong might affect your PAMMS rating or cause an outbreak / serious illness....

Hertfordshire’s Market Position Statement has now gone live

Jan 19, 2022

        Hertfordshire County Council takes the lead for the delivery and commissioning of adult social care right across the county of Hertfordshire, and work with partners in the NHS and in Children’s services to ensure their support is...

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...

Missing: McKinley T34 Syringe Pumps

May 9, 2018

Lister Hospital Syringe Pumps – can you help? Lister Hospital have recently conducted a stock check of their McKinley T345 Syringe Pumps and have found they are missing a large number of them. Staff at Lister Hospital believe that some of the items may have been...

Medicines FAQs for Adult Social Care Services

Feb 28, 2018

Source: CQC There is a wide range of helpful FAQ sheets on various medicines topics available from the CQC for residential and homecare organisations. The range of FAQ sheets have been collated into one google docs folder, and you can view them easily and download the...