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Domiciliary Care Opportunity – Herts and West Essex – opened on 8th March 2023
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) intend to open applications for a Domiciliary Care Any Qualified Provider (AQP) framework in March 2023. Interested domiciliary care providers operating within Hertfordshire and West Essex are invited to...
Learning Disability workshop – 23rd March 2023
The HCC Community and People Wellbeing Team would like to invite you and people who use your services to a workshop to help them redesign one of their community services (User Voice), which looks to support people with a learning disability to contribute and have...
Free PPE Items from DHSC – Stock’s running out
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has refreshed it’s out of stock dates for free PPE provision. Government stocks of PPE remain free via the portal until March 2024, or until stocks run out. Please note that currently some items are due to become...
Only the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) can approve a version of the health & safety law poster
You must display the poster where your workers can easily read it and you can’t print a copy yourself. We are aware of suppliers selling fake versions online that haven’t been approved. The current version of the law poster includes enhanced security features and is...
NHS Hertfordshire Wellbeing Service
NHS Hertfordshire Wellbeing Service The Hertfordshire Wellbeing Service offer psychological help and practical support for people experiencing a wide range of common mental health conditions. They work on the principles of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), which...
A cautionary tale – Care home provider fined after child crushed by falling tree
A company has been fined £400,000 after an 8-year-old girl suffered serious crush injuries when a tree fell on her. The girl was out for an evening jog with her father. As she was running on a pavement outside the entrance to the care home, a lime tree fell on her,...
Hot water bottles
There have been quite a few recent articles in the press over the safe use of hot water bottles, given their increasing popularity. We would like to take this opportunity to remind Care Providers about safe usage of these devices. Please remember: Capacity assessment...