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Dementia Training: Care Connections ‘Working or caring for a person living with Dementia’
Fully-funded courses are now available for all Health and Social Care professionals working and/or caring for someone living with Dementia Facilitated by Hospice Educationalists and Admiral Nurses, the courses cover an overview of Dementia including...
Hoist Cable Safety Risk: Are you removing cables correctly?
Sources: Hertfordshire Equipment Services | Hertfordshire County Council Every week, Hertfordshire County Council’s Hertfordshire Equipment Services technicians attend costly and unnecessary breakdown calls to hoists. In many cases, this is due to broken power...
New Care Home Complaints Guide Launched
Source: Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI), in collaboration with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has produced a new guide for registered managers and care...
Community Opportunities and Day Activities Grants are now available
Source: Adult Care Services | Hertfordshire County Council Hertfordshire County Council has announced that bids are now invited for community opportunities and day activities grants. The deadline for bids is Monday, 23rd March 2020. Successful...
The Learning Disability Co-Production Board would like to hear from you!
Source: Learning Disability Co-production Board (LDCB) The new Learning Disability Co-production Board (LDCB) would like to hear from you by completing a very short questionnaire. The LDCB wants to gather feedback on what is most important to people with...
CQC Finds Continuing Failings in Mental Health Practice
Source: CQC The Care Quality Commission has found continuing failings in the way care settings apply the Mental Health Act Code of Practice. In its latest report, the regulator for England found that in well over a third of care plans (37%) reviewed, patient...
Independent Care Providers Brought To Book
Source: Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) The Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) has had the power to investigate complaints about independent providers for more than 10 years. If they find a care provider at fault, and they do not agree...