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Care Home Laundry Rooms: Fire Safety Tips
We recently spoke to one of our trusted partners, Towergate Insurance, a Hertfordshire based national care insurance specialist, for some advice on how Care Homes can protect themselves and their residents from the devastating effects of fire. Read on for some simple...
The New 111 Service
Dear Manager, We are delighted to say that this feedback is now being taken forward by the new 111 service. This means Care Homes will have direct access to clinicians. To develop this, 111 are holding a forum on the 16th October 10am – 12pm in Welwyn Garden City. The...
Latest Safeguarding Posters available for download
Stopping abuse is everybody’s responsibility. Please help raise awareness by downloading, displaying, and sharing the most recent Safeguarding posters that now include the updated HCC website address. Download the posters below: » Abuse poster » Domestic Abuse poster...
NICE: Moving between Hospital and Home
NICE recently linked to a useful guide for Home Care and Care Home Managers in the their September newsletter regarding moving people between Hospital and Home, including Care Homes. To read the full guide, visit the NICE website here.
Hertfordshire County Council Spot Accreditation Engagement Event
Hertfordshire County Council is launching its accreditation process for spot home care providers. The Council currently contracts with four Lead Providers across the County who are responsible for delivering a contracted % market share of support at home services to...
Changes to the CQC assessment framework
At the start of the year, the Care Quality Commission in England published a consultation into changes to its regulatory systems, including those for adult social care services and primary care. The consultation process found that many of the Key Lines of Enquiry...
Seasonal infections for Learning Disability Support Providers
The cold and flu season is fast approaching and the Hertfordshire Learning Disability Health Liaison Team have drawn up a simple 10 minute activity for care providers and support workers to compete with the people they care for and their staff teams. This activity...