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Central Alerting System: Ingestion of Cleaning Chemicals
Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products & Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Summary On the 28th of February, MHRA issued an Estates and Facilities Alert in regards to the ingestion of cleaning chemicals. In a recent one-year period there have been eighteen...
Relationships and sexuality among people using care services
Source: CQC New guidance published by the CQC sets out how care providers should consider people's relationship and sexuality needs. The guidance builds on CQC’s quality framework, adding further detail on issues like relationships, diversity and protecting people...
Application to become an Approved Training Provider 2019/2020 are now open!
Dear member, Applications to become an Approved Training Provider 2019/2020 are now open. If you are a care provider who delivers quality training within your own organisation, or a training provider who provides good quality care training in Hertfordshire, you can...
March Network Event – Learning Disability presentation slides
On 6 March 2019, we hosted our quarter annual Network Event where we covered topics around Prevention and Positive Outcomes for providers of elderly and learning disability services. Please find the resources, including the presentation slides, available below:...
National Learning Disability Training Consultation for Health and Care staff
Have your say on proposals to introduce mandatory learning disability and autism training for health and care staff. This consultation closes at 11:59pm on 12 April 2019 Description of Consultation The government wants to know how we can make sure that health and...
Bowel Screening Pathway
Bowel cancer is a common type of cancer in both men and women. About 1 in 20 people will get it during their lifetime. Screening can help detect bowel cancer at an early stage, when it's easier to treat. It can also be used to help check for and remove small growths...
Weights of Individuals in Wheelchairs
One of the issues that Community Nurses are identifying with care providers is a lack of weights recorded for service users, particularly when they are wheelchair users. This may be because providers are not aware of the number of wheelchair accessible weighing scales...