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Intermediate Care: Quick Guide
Intermediate care services help people to recover from illness or an accident to become independent again and help them remain in their own home. SCIE recently shared a new quick guide, created in partnership with NICE, to help people who use intermediate care...
LGBTQI+ Disabled People – New Resources
SCIE recently shared their November newsletter and mentioned a useful story for LGBTQI+ Disabled People regarding the benefits of using self-directed support, such as having more choice and control over their care. There are also challenges, for example, they fear...
New Transport Plan for Herts: Have your say
Herts County Council (HCC) are sharing their new draft Local Transport Plan, which will be used to shape the long term development of Hertfordshire’s transport system. The draft plans are detailed below and they are seeking feedback from members of the public. Read on...
Homecare: Out of hours service for fire prevention equipment
Please see the word document below (use the link to download) to learn more about the procedure for out of hour’s service for the provision of fire prevention equipment for vulnerable people. The document includes important information about the criteria involved, the...
Looking for a new venue in Watford for a coffee?
Watford Mencap recently opened its new Cafe In The Library. It's a warm and inviting place, great for a trip out with service users, selling competitively priced foods and barista coffees all while enabling people with learning disabilities to develop their retail,...
Easy read DNACPR document for LD providers
At the last Learning Disability support provider forum in September we spoke about End of Life care and easy read documents to support conversation with your service users. To support this request we wanted to share the easy read DNACPR explanation sheet (download...
Fire Safety: Prevent Fire and Save Lives!
Do you know how to prevent a fire in your care home? Could you protect a vulnerable person and help prevent a fire in their own home? Recent tragic events at Grenfell Tower have put fire safety at the forefront of everyone’s minds, and Adult Care Services at HCC want...