Funded Nursing Care Contributions Forum Date: Tuesday 28th February 2017 Time: 12.30pm – 4pm Place: HCPA Education Centre, Attimore Barn, Ridgeway, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2AD To ensure that Nursing Homes are familiar with the process for Funded Nursing Care (FNC)...

Time is running out to claim your money If you’re an adult social care employer in England you can claim money towards the costs of your employees completing adult social care units and qualifications completed between 1st January 2016 and 31st March 2017 through the...

Section 52 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 states that there is a statutory duty to notify the Secretary of State about any incidents of modern slavery. Statutory organisations can also be inspected and challenged by the Home Office regarding their procedures and...

NHSE are looking at the hearing needs of residents in care homes and are currently gathering feedback via a short survey to try and understand the variations and commonalities to do with hearing loss. As hearing loss is a common issue in many care homes the survey...

We recently received an announcement from East and North Hertfordshire CCG regarding a change in the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) provider which is taking place from 4th March 2017. The full announcement is below, please share with members of your...

With the recent outbreak of respiratory infections affecting a number of care homes and increasing the pressure on local hospitals we wanted to share a new piece of learning available to members on the SCILS website about Asthma and other respiratory conditions as it...

In January this year the Hertfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board (HSAB) updated the multi-agency Safeguarding Adults at risk policy (version 10) in line with The Care Act (2014), with a particular emphasis on Making Safeguarding Personal.   Please read the attached...