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Free HR and Employment Law seminar 26th Feb: Booking now open
Hertfordshire Care Providers Association (HCPA) and Peninsula invite you to a fully funded event to help prepare you for HR, employment law and health & safety changes coming in 2018. Date: Monday 26th February 2018 Time: 9:30am to 12.45pm Venue: Tewin Bury Farm,...
Spot the Signs: Suicide Prevention Training Dates for Voluntary Sector 2018
‘Spot The Signs, Save a Life’ is a Hertfordshire suicide prevention campaign, which was launched by Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust working in partnership with Mind in Mid Herts and Hertfordshire Mind Network. Following the continued success of the Spot the...
Dignity Action Day: 1st February
Dignity Action Day takes place next week on 1st February, and is a great chance for you to help share the great you work you do to ensure your Service Users’ rights to dignity. It’s easy to get involved, and their website has a wide range of easy to use resources, as...
Residential: SCIE Quick Guides on Preventing Infection
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) recently published a quick guide dedicated to helping prevent infection in Care Homes for managers and staff. With the flu outbreak currently being experienced across the country, infection prevention and control is...
NICE guideline on NG21 homecare: delivering personal care and practical support
At the end of last year, NICE sent out the following message to inform homecare providers that the NG21 homecare guideline will not be updated. Please read below for the full message from NICE regarding this decision: Dear Colleague, RE: NICE guideline on NG21...
Homecare: Spot Accreditation Providers Engagement Event Slides Available
For homecare providers who recently attended the Spot Accreditation Provider Engagement Event at the end of last year, on 7th December, HCC have provided links to the items below: Presentation Slides Hertfordshire Care Standard Electronic Monitoring Specification...
New partners, Clinisupplies, share advice on common catheter care issues
We recently partnered with Clinisupplies, which is a company that provides care organisations with high quality medical devices that are fully compliant with strict UK specifications. As experts in the area, they shared an article with us about common catheter care...
