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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...
Reminder on recent updates to the National Living and National Minimum Wage
A reminder that the Government recently announced updates to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage, to take effect from April 2024. National Living Wage for workers aged 21 and over The National Living Wage (NLW) initially applied only to individuals aged...
Feedback required for your CQC inspections
With the new CQC assessment framework now launched in the South, it is time to start gathering the evidence required for your inspections. Our partner, Ridouts, wrote an interesting article recently which touched on just this topic, an excerpt can be read below on...
