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Handling Urgent Care Situations: Fully Funded Study Day
This informative and fully funded half-day session is designed to improve your confidence when handling urgent care situations. During the engaging three-hour session, speakers from the East Ambulance Service and 111 team (run by Hertfordshire Urgent Care) will...
Blue Badge Parking: Online Applications and Open Consultation
Source: Department of Transport, HCC’s Adult Care Services The Department for Transport recently opened a public consultation regarding a proposed change to the eligibility criteria for the Blue Badge scheme to include people with non-physical conditions. This is part...
Free HR and Employment Law seminar 26th Feb: Booking now open
Hertfordshire Care Providers Association (HCPA) and Peninsula invite you to a fully funded event to help prepare you for HR, employment law and health & safety changes coming in 2018. Date: Monday 26th February 2018 Time: 9:30am to 12.45pm Venue: Tewin Bury Farm,...
Spot the Signs: Suicide Prevention Training Dates for Voluntary Sector 2018
‘Spot The Signs, Save a Life’ is a Hertfordshire suicide prevention campaign, which was launched by Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust working in partnership with Mind in Mid Herts and Hertfordshire Mind Network. Following the continued success of the Spot the...
Dignity Action Day: 1st February
Dignity Action Day takes place next week on 1st February, and is a great chance for you to help share the great you work you do to ensure your Service Users’ rights to dignity. It’s easy to get involved, and their website has a wide range of easy to use resources, as...
Residential: SCIE Quick Guides on Preventing Infection
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) recently published a quick guide dedicated to helping prevent infection in Care Homes for managers and staff. With the flu outbreak currently being experienced across the country, infection prevention and control is...
NICE guideline on NG21 homecare: delivering personal care and practical support
At the end of last year, NICE sent out the following message to inform homecare providers that the NG21 homecare guideline will not be updated. Please read below for the full message from NICE regarding this decision: Dear Colleague, RE: NICE guideline on NG21...