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Supermarkets recall frozen vegetables over listeria fears

by admin | 11/07/2018 | Health, Updates, Warning

HCPA has spotted this BBC News article and wanted to share this important information. You and your staff will need you to be vigilant, check your food stocks in residential services, but also advise those you support at home about the dangers. According to the BBC,...

Hot Weather: Heatwave Planning for Care Home Managers

by admin | 11/07/2018 | Care homes, Guidance, Warning

Advice Guide Available With the UK experiencing an extended spell of hot weather it is vital to protect vulnerable people during the high temperatures. NHS England has created a Heatwave Plan for England, specifically aimed at care home managers and staff, to give...

International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI)

by admin | 25/04/2018 | Archive, Guidance, NHS, Updates, Warning

Descriptions of modified food and liquid are changing The Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust has issued a Patient Safety Alert regarding the introduction of new liquid and food descriptors for service users who are on modified consistencies and texture diets. From...

Homecare: What you need to know about carbon monoxide

by admin | 14/03/2018 | Archive, HCPA Trusted Partners, Home Care, Warning

Source: Skills for Care Skills for Care recently shared a very useful article about how care practitioners need to improve their knowledge about the dangers of carbon monoxide to help stamp out avoidable deaths in the homes of the service users. The article references...

National Standards of Safety for Care Home Residents: Registering with CAS alerts and developing a response system

by admin | 14/03/2018 | Archive, Care homes, Guidance, Updates, Warning

The implementation of Central Alerting Systems (CAS) alerts is vital to ensure that your residents’ safety is maintained to national standards. To ensure that you don’t miss out on CAS alerts, it is vital that your organisation has signed up to receive all of the CAS...

Flu Outbreaks and FREE vaccination vouchers

by admin | 01/11/2017 | Archive, HCPA Services, Health, Support at Home, Updates, Warning

Public Health England have created a very useful poster to help provide straightforward guidance on outbreaks of flu in care homes, including; when does it become classed as an outbreak, what to do when an outbreak occurs, and infection prevention control measures to...
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