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Managing Acute and Urgent Prescriptions and Interim Prescriptions in Care Homes
Source: NHS East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group Guidance around acute and urgent prescriptions and interim (non-urgent) prescriptions has been put together for Care Home staff and has been approved by PCMMG. The guidance below covers Key...
Quick Guide to Helping Prevent Winter Deaths
Source: NICE/SCIE For vulnerable people, living in a cold home increases the chance of serious illness or death. They are also at a higher risk of a heart attack or stroke, breathing problems, flu, depression and falls. Care home and Homecare managers,...
Implementation of the National Health Service Standard Contract
Source: NHS Herts Valley Clinical Commissioning Group Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group (HVCCG) is contacting all their NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) providers to let them know that over the coming months they will be introducing a contract to cover...
Community Service in Hertfordshire- Future Opportunities
Source: Hertfordshire County Council | Community Commissioning- Adult Disabilities Following the second series of engagement events held with providers this autumn, Hertfordshire County Council’s Community Commissioning for Adult Disabilities has confirmed...
Estates and Facilities Alert: Issues with door stops/door buffers
Source: NHS Improvement Summary The use of door stops and door buffers in health care settings may present a hazard resulting in a risk of harm to patients. A doorstop is a common term for all fixtures that protect or restrict a door operating freely; see...
EU Settlement Scheme Update: Employer Toolkit
Source: Gov.uk Gov.uk has supplied updated toolkits for employers to use in order to support EU citizens and their families to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. » Click here to view the update with EU Settlement Scheme Employer Toolkit
Herts Health Protection News | Issue #1
Source: Hertfordshire County Council- Public Health’s Health Protection Team The first edition of a new Health Protection Newsletter produced by Hertfordshire County Council’s Public Health’s Health Protection Team is intended to be of interest to all those...