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Caring for Hertfordshire’s Elderly Population
HCPA & Herts LEP Explore Adult Social Care Apprenticeships to Boost Recruitment in the sector During January’s Good Care Month, over 50 Hertfordshire employers explored apprenticeships as a solution to growing recruitment challenges within the adult social...
Members Network Event | March 6th 2019
Prevention and Positive Outcomes HCPA looks forward to bringing together our members for our first quarterly Network event of the new year. We will be focusing on the importance of prevention in all service types and how you can maintain positive outcomes for...
Norovirus Prevention and Informational Guidance
New videos released by Hertfordshire and West Essex STP Two new videos have been released as part of Hertfordshire and West Essex’s Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) to advise people how to cope with the symptoms of the Norovirus; also known as the...
Stay in the Know: Hertfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board Newsletter
Source: HSAB & HSCP Hertfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board (HSAB) and Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (HSCP) have released their joint Winter newsletter for 2019. » Click here to read the full newsletter
New Guidelines on Supporting Adults with Cerebral Palsy
Source: NICE NICE has recently published a Cerebral palsy in adults guideline, which has several recommendations relevant to social care practitioners including recommendations on support with communication, vocational skills and independent living, electronic...
Supporting People Growing Older with a Learning Disability
A Quick Guide to Person-Centred Future Planning Source: NICE As people change and grow older, it is important to plan for their future and a person-centred future plan will reflect their changing needs. The NICE quick guide (Linked below) sets out why it is important...
Hypothermia- Learning from Safety Incidents
Source: CQC The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published the latest issue in their 'Learning from safety incidents' series. The new issue looks at the risk of hypothermia and how this ca n develop in vulnerable people after a relatively short exposure to cold...