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CAS Alert: Class 2 Medicines Recall
Source: Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Summary M & A Pharmachem is recalling the below batches as a precautionary measure because a small number of pots from some batches have been found to contain discoloured tablets due to...
CAS Alerts: Syringe Driver Pump Errors and Medicine Recall
CAS Alert: Cease Immediate Use Of Syringe Driver Pumps T34 3 Edition Models Source: Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Summary The intended operation of these pumps cannot be verified due to errors in the instructions for use (IFUs) and...
New Tender Opportunities are available!
Various tenders are available to our members HCPA have compiled a list of several new tendering opportunities for various client groups within the adult social care sector. To support our members, we have put this list on our website with a link to the...
EU Settlement Scheme Update
Communication from the Home Office Update #1: The EUSS remains fully open for applications The EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) has been fully open since 30 March 2019 and there have been over 2.2 million applications. EU citizens and their family members have until...
Urgent Message for Clinicians prescribing oxygen and who order home oxygen services
Source: (BOC) This message is to alert prescribers that from 31st October 2019 BOC will no longer accept faxed HOOFs. Please submit HOOFs via the BOC Home Oxygen Portal. For more information click here. From 31st October, all HOOFs are to be submitted...
Flu Resources are available on our website!
Did you know that last year there were 3,500 reported cases of influenza of which 24% were fatal? (Source: Public Health England). Did you also know that the flu vaccine doesn’t contain live bacteria or viruses? So it’s impossible to contract influenza from it! ...
Complete the Annual Health Check Questionnaire
For everyone living in Hertfordshire with a Learning Disability People with a learning disability often have poorer physical and mental health than other people, but this does not need to be the case. Annual health checks are for adults and young people...