To safeguard is to ensure we are enabling people to live free from harm or neglect, protecting their fundamental human rights, their health, and their wellbeing. Safe is one of the key lines of enquiry in CQC inspections and is fundamental when we talk about...
The Hertfordshire Learning Hub is an important two-way feedback loop between front line practitioners and the Strategic Safeguarding Partnership/Board. The Learning Hub in March 2022 will focus on the Impact and Dynamics of Domestic Abuse with several sessions...
Anna Lemmer, Ridout Law, 29 December 2021 The Department of Health and Social Care (“DHSC”) has announced a further delay to the public consultation on the draft regulations and draft Code of Practice for the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and...
Source: Adult Care Services | Hertfordshire County Council We have been asked to relay the following information regarding the new adult safeguarding referral portal that Hertfordshire County Council’s Adult Care Services are launching from the 1st...
Source: National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) Guidance from the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has now been published ‘mobility scooter guidance for residential buildings’. NFCC is pleased to release this for residential buildings, which outlines...
Source: NHS Improvement Summary The use of door stops and door buffers in health care settings may present a hazard resulting in a risk of harm to patients. A doorstop is a common term for all fixtures that protect or restrict a door operating freely; see...
