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Appropriate creams when using oxygen
Source: NHS PrescQIPP With the potential fire risk associated with certain types of skin products, we wanted to share a document from NHS PrescQIPP, which was initially published in 2013, as a useful guide for care providers regarding cost-effect emollients with...
Medicines FAQs for Adult Social Care Services
Source: CQC There is a wide range of helpful FAQ sheets on various medicines topics available from the CQC for residential and homecare organisations. The range of FAQ sheets have been collated into one google docs folder, and you can view them easily and download the...
West Herts Urgent Care Consultation
Source: Herts Valleys CCG Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is looking at how people access urgent care services in West Hertfordshire, and specifically walk-in services at Hemel Hempstead Hospital, including the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) and West...
Help Us Combat Loneliness: Find out how you can get involved
Around 10% of the population aged over 65 is lonely either all, or most of the time. The Office of National Statistics estimate the population in Hertfordshire aged over 65 is 197,010 (Census – Population and Household Estimates for England and Wales). Therefore,...
DBS: new guidelines, compliance and fair recruitment
Source: Disclosure and Barring Service In the latest newsletter from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) we think that there are three key articles included that would be useful, and relevant, to our members. The information is about new identity checking...
Universal Credit: Impact on Service Users, Care Staff, and Recruitment
The introduction of Universal Credit has left many people confused and unsure what this means for them, whether that’s vulnerable service users, or care staff and new recruits unsure of the implications of their working hours on their universal credit. To help clarify...
Adults Safeguarding in Hertfordshire
The Safeguarding procedure, produced by the Hertfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board (HSAB), is to be used by public agencies and by all private and voluntary services in Hertfordshire to protect adults from risk of abuse. The website is the easiest way for all...
