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Do you need NHSmail for your CQC registered service?
NHSmail is available for free for all CQC registered care providers in England, who have met at least ‘approaching standards’ on the Data Security and Protection Toolkit. There are many reasons that providers should have NHSmail email addresses: 1 – It is the email...
Tramadol and warfarin
A coroner has called for action to raise awareness of the interaction between tramadol and warfarin, after a Hertfordshire patient taking the combination died from a brain bleed in January 2021.The woman had been prescribed tramadol for lower back pain and had also...
Conotrane Cream update
Conotrane Cream is Hertfordshire & West Essex Integrated Care System ( HWEICS ) first line barrier cream ICS wound care products formulary. Due to a change in manufacturer and subsequent availability issues Conotrane cream was removed from GP prescribing systems...
Emergence of new Clostridioides difficile ribotype (955)
Clostridioides difficile are bacteria that cause diarrhoea particularly in older persons and those that have been or being treated with certain antibiotics. Since January 2021, there has been an increase in CDI for which there is no clear explanation. UKHSA is...
Recruitment support and guidance on flexible working approaches
Updates to UK law in 2024 will allow any employee regardless of length of service to make up to two flexible working requests in any twelve-month period of employment. As an employer, it is your obligation to justify your decision should you wish to decline. Coupled...
Are you sure you have published your Data Security Protection Toolkit (DSPT)?
On contacting Care Providers that have not yet published their DSPT, we have discovered that some thought they had published, however, although the Care Providers had answered the question, they had not actually pressed the blue button at the bottom of the...
STOP PRESS – NEW HSAB COURSES FOR 2024
HSAB have some new courses available for 2024 for those working with older people. HSAB: Transforming the response to older victims of domestic abuse Thursday 29th February 2024 – 09.30 – 12.00 Wednesday 20 March 2024 - 09.30 – 12.00 HSAB: Improving the...