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Updated guidance for adults at risk of going missing
Source: HSAB There is new Adult at Risk of Going Missing guidance for January 2019 available to print from Hertfordshire.gov.uk. The guidance includes forms where important information about an individual can be pre-recorded to save time and reduce the chance of...
The new Hospital Prevention Project
A message for learning disability services Dear learning disability service provider, Please find below a message from Louise Jenkins, Strategic Liaison Nurse for Secondary and Tertiary Care, regarding the new Hospital Prevention Project. I am emailing to tell you...
Brexit Guidance
Preparing for all scenarios The Government and the European Union (EU) have now agreed the basis upon which the UK will leave the EU in March 2019. A ‘no deal’ exit is not the Government’s policy but they have a duty to prepare for all scenarios. Over the last few...
Public Asked to Give Evidence on Fire Safety
Sharing the views of Care Home managers Care home managers and operators are invited to give their views on fire safety in a Government call for evidence. Responding to recommendations made in the Hackett review of building regulations and fire safety, the Government...
Influenza Season 2018/19: Use Of Antiviral Medicines
Message from Department of Health and Health Education England Surveillance data indicates an increase in influenza cases in the community. Prescribers working in primary care may now prescribe and community pharmacists may now supply antiviral medicines for the...
Amendment of Guidance on Requirement to Display Ratings
Source: CQC The public has a right to know how care services are performing, so to help them do this Regulation 20A became a legal requirement in April, 2015. This means: All registered providers that have received a CQC rating have to display it Ratings must be...
Leadership in Adult Social Care
Source: CQC This article, written by Andrea Sutcliffe CBE, Former Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care at the Care Quality Commission, talks about how leadership can make a significant different in the Adult Social Care sector: Leadership Matters Carol Services...
