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The Latest News Updates from the Home Care Sector
Source: homecare.co.uk Please click below for the latest Home Care news, which includes a review of the Panorama programme that highlighted the reforms of social care, how a community-based health and social care team has succeeded in reducing ‘bed-blocking’ in...
NICE Impact Stroke Report
Source: NICE There are more than 100,000 strokes in the UK each year causing 38,000 deaths, making it a leading cause of death and disability. The National Institute for Health and Excellence (NICE) Impact Stroke Report focuses on how evidence-based guidance...
Sepsis Easy-Read Guide
An easy-read guide to sepsis is now available An easy-read guide on sepsis is now available from the Sepsis Trust which contains independent information, advice, and support within Hertfordshire. This easy-read guide can be viewed and printed by clicking on the...
A Cautionary tale for Residential Care Providers
Source: Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Care Home fined after resident died from complications after eating chlorine tablets A care home operator has been fined £270,000, after a resident of Lomond Court Care Home, Glenrothes, Fife (who suffered symptoms of...
Tender Opportunity: Provision of a Care Provider for a Nursing and Dementia Nursing Care Home in Wormley, Hertfordshire
Source: Hertfordshire County Council Description (Reference: HCC1810825) This tender opportunity is for the management of a 77 bedded Nursing Home with a 35 bed block of Nursing/ Dementia Nursing beds for use by Hertfordshire County Council. The provider will need to...
Managing Drugs and Alcohol Misuse at Work
Source: Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Employers have a legal duty to protect employees’ health, safety and welfare. Understanding the signs of drug and alcohol misuse (or abuse) will help you to manage health and safety risk in your workplace, develop a policy...
Hospital Pressures Over Holidays
Below is a letter from Adult Care Services Residential Commissioning, HCPA are continually working on your behalf and would like to add to this that behind the scenes please rest assured that HCC the CCG’s and HCPA are working hard with the hospital Trusts to try to...