HCPA Can Help You Claim Back Funding for Qualifications

There is still Skills for Care Workforce Development Funding available! The Skills for Care Workforce Development Fund covers most Adult Social Care qualifications from Levels 2 to Level 5 and is a contribution to support the costs of these. The funding is paid...

Transitional Safeguarding Learning Hubs

Source: Hertfordshire Safeguarding Adults Boards (HSAB)   Please circulate to all your staff- especially front line practitioners Below is a link to an online questionnaire relating to the Spring Learning Hubs on Transitional Safeguarding, which starts this...

Dysphagia Awareness Workshops

Source: Hertfordshire Learning Disability Service   Throughout 2020, Hertfordshire Learning Disability Service will be offering free Dysphagia Awareness Workshops for all staff working with Adults with Learning Disabilities across Hertfordshire. The workshops...

Let’s Talk… Dementia

Source: The Hospice of St. Francis    Leading Dementia and Palliative Care specialists, Dr. Tammy Angel and Dr. Sharon Chadwick (Medical Director at The Hospice of St. Francis), will be sharing their expertise on all areas of Dementia. Find out more about:...

Pressure Ulcer Prevention

Vital education for senior care practitioners and managers on pressure ulcer prevention   On the 21st of November, ‘React to Red Skin’ are offering a Pressure Ulcer Prevention train the trainer sessions as part of National Pressure Care Day. These sessions are to...

Statement about the Liberty Protection Safeguards

Source: Skills For Care In May 2019, the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act became law, and replaces the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) with a new scheme known as the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS). There is a national group working to develop a Code of...