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It’s PRIDE month!
June is #Pride Month! Pride is an opportunity to celebrate the progress that has been made towards acceptance and equality throughout the LGBTQIA+ community. In support of this awareness month, we are sharing some information about how to make sure your LGBTQIA+...
Volunteer Programme extending into adult social care
Health ministers are to recruit a new volunteer team for social care to deliver medical equipment and medication to individual’s homes in a bid to free up hospital wards. This new scheme has been stated in the Guardian news as well as in the recent Skills for Care...
Reminder to update Spring COVID-19 booster vaccination data on NHS Capacity Tracker
HCC have asked us to remind adult social care providers to update the NHS Capacity tracker with all service user spring COVID-19 booster vaccination uptake. Providing this data is essential to assist in monitoring vaccination levels and ensuring all care homes have...
Updates Medicines Good Practice Guidance for Care Homes – Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB
Covert Administration in Care Homes This guidance was produced to support care homes and primary care prescribers to covertly administer medications for care homes residents in extreme circumstances, and outlines best practice for implementation to ensure all...
Reminder Oliver McGowan training- Express your Interest Now
Aiming to save lives by ensuring the health and social care workforce have the right skills and knowledge to provide safe, compassionate and informed care to autistic people and people with a learning disability. The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning...
Curious about care
Values-based recruitment is essential to ensuring you employ a compassionate, person-centred workforce that is committed to providing quality care. It can be tricky to know how to assess a candidate’s values and whether they align with those of your organisation....
Connected Lives Provider Survey
Purpose: The goal of this survey is to collect feedback from managers and staff of provider services about their understanding of Connected Lives. Your responses will be collected and analysed to support the ongoing work of the Re-energise Connected Lives project by...