Fee Uplifts for Learning Disability Services

Hertfordshire County Council recently held a Care Providers Forum for Learning Disability Services. At the forum, various questions were raised by providers relating mainly to the recent fee uplift and the requirement of providers. The deadline for all Care Providers...

Falls and Fractures in Care Homes

Although this is a Scottish resource, HCPA felt it would be very useful for all homes in the UK so decided to share it to our members in Herts The resource is available here. The revised resource was created with support from the Care Inspectorate and NHS Scotland....

EU Referendum Results and Care in Hertfordshire

In response to the United Kingdom’s vote on 23 June to leave the European Union, we have heard that for most businesses, change will not be immediate, but we all face some uncertainty in the medium term. We know that this decision will please some businesses, however,...

Possible Changes to DoLS

Come in ‘DoLS’ your time is up. The Deprivation of Liberty Standards (or “DoLS” for short) are unworkable, overly burdensome, too costly to administer and need to be replaced – so says The Law Commission in its Interim Statement on DoLS dated 25 May 2016....