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The Workforce Development Innovation Fund 2019-2020
Source: Skills for Care Applications open from Friday 31st May, 2019 If you are planning an innovative project, which increases the skills and knowledge of your workforce and improves the quality of your service, take a look at the priorities for this year’s...
read moreEU Settlement Scheme: Update & Grant Funding
Source: Gov.uk EU Settlement Scheme is fully live with over 750,000 applications made to the Scheme The government has assured that everything is being done to ensure all EEA and Swiss citizens and their family members living in the UK are aware of the Scheme, what it...
read moreA Cautionary tale for Residential Care Providers
Source: Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Care Home fined after resident died from complications after eating chlorine tablets A care home operator has been fined £270,000, after a resident of Lomond Court Care Home, Glenrothes, Fife (who suffered symptoms of...
read moreTender Opportunity: Provision of a Care Provider for a Nursing and Dementia Nursing Care Home in Wormley, Hertfordshire
Source: Hertfordshire County Council Description (Reference: HCC1810825) This tender opportunity is for the management of a 77 bedded Nursing Home with a 35 bed block of Nursing/ Dementia Nursing beds for use by Hertfordshire County Council. The provider will need to...
read moreAre you satisfying the Key Lines of Enquiry (KLOE)?
Are you putting your business at risk of hefty fines, breaches of sensitive data, and damaging your organisation’s reputation? NHS.mail: Secure and Fast Communication via this fully funded solution available for both residential and nursing homes who support older...
read moreManaging Drugs and Alcohol Misuse at Work
Source: Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Employers have a legal duty to protect employees’ health, safety and welfare. Understanding the signs of drug and alcohol misuse (or abuse) will help you to manage health and safety risk in your workplace, develop a policy...
read moreHospital Pressures Over Holidays
Below is a letter from Adult Care Services Residential Commissioning, HCPA are continually working on your behalf and would like to add to this that behind the scenes please rest assured that HCC the CCG’s and HCPA are working hard with the hospital Trusts to try to...
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