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Fully Funded Specsavers service for your Residents
Specsavers were delighted to be sponsors of the recent Hertfordshire Care Awards to help celebrate the great work that is happening across Hertfordshire. And to help play their part they are offering Fully Funded sight tests, spectacles and aftercare under the NHS for...
Autumn Statement 2016: 7 key changes you need to know
Here, People Management walk you through seven key changes you need to prepare for, from a rise in the national living wage (NLW) and new restrictions on salary sacrifice schemes to changes to national insurance thresholds. Rise in national living wage Alignment of...
Fully Funded advice guides from Independent Age
Independent Age have a wide range of Fully Funded advice guides for older people, their families and carers. The guides cover key topics, such as; money, help at home, finding a care home, staying well in winter, dealing with depression and staying in control when...
Impartial Assessor service launched to ease bed blocking
Bed blocking in hospitals has tripled in the past five years, and with winter here now pressures on our hospitals are set to grow. In east and north Hertfordshire a new role has been introduced to help speed up the discharge process for elderly care home residents...
Winter wise and your Care Home
We asked our HCPA Impartial Assessor, Heather McAndrew RGN to give advice to Care Homes on managing winter Bugs. Please read her comments below and don’t hesitate to get in touch if you think Heather can help you. It’s that time of year where anyone and everyone is...
Wound Care Products Formulary update 2016
This formulary created by Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust, has been developed to assist any health care professional prescribing or requesting dressings for wound management in Hertfordshire. It aims to aid the decision making process and help choose the most...
Sharing best practice in the integration between heath and social care
Sharon Davies (Chief Executive, HCPA) and Iain Macbeath (Director of Health and Community Services, HCC) represented Hertfordshire at the recent NCASC conference in Manchester for SCIE. The presentation focused on the pioneering partnership work between providers, the...