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Malnutrition Awareness Week
Commencing 1st October How can you support Malnutrition Awareness week? One in ten people over the age of 65 are malnourished, or at risk of malnutrition. Despite these statistics, the majority of healthy eating messages focus on weight loss and obesity. The British...
Falls Prevention Week: A round up
Thank you to everyone who took part! National Falls Prevention Week 24th – 28th September 2018 In the midst of National Falls Prevention Week, we held our largest Falls Prevention Awareness Day to date! Here are some photos from the day: “Falls prevention training is...
Are you prepared for adults at risk of going missing?
Source: HSAB There is new ‘Adult at Risk of Going Missing’ guidance available to print from Hertfordshire.gov.uk. The guidance includes forms where important information about an individual can be pre-recorded to save time and reduce the chance of forgetting key facts...
Resource on caring for people at risk of choking
Source: CQC CQC have created a series of resources, 'learning from safety incidents', describing a critical safety issue: What happened What CQC and the provider have done about it The steps other providers can take to avoid it happening in their service The...
Important update regarding ‘DNACPR’ Forms
Source: CCG’s As you may already be aware, the local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG’s) have recently been working to update the local ‘Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation’ (DNACPR) policy forms in the community and Hospital trusts. Since the launch of the...
Fully funded Fire Risk Courses available
In partnership with Herts Fire and Rescue and Trading Standards Between January 2000 and March 2017 HFRS attended 42 accidental dwelling fires which resulted in 45 accidental fire fatalities. Could these fatalities been avoided? ‘Caring Together’ aims to raise...
Claim for Mandatory Training before it’s too late!
Funding claims are paid on a first-come-first-serve basis As in previous years, there will be a maximum cap of £500 per organisation to claim back from training delivered between 1st October 2018 and 31st March 2019. As always, this funding is not guaranteed and...