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Learning Disability Services: Care Should Be Close To Home
Source: NICE NICE recently published a new guideline that states care for young people and adults with learning disabilities, who have behaviour that challenges, should be able to access the right support to live their life within their community, just like everyone...
Never Too Late To Be Active
Source: Hertfordshire County Council This year is Hertfordshire’s Year of Physical Activity and Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) is working organisations across the county to encourage older people to become more active. If your service users are able, why not...
Support at Home: Are you the best in home care?
Nominate your homecare stars for the Hertfordshire Care Awards 2018 You've got to be in it to win it! Are you part of the best homecare team? Do you work with someone who always goes above and beyond? Do your team leaders inspire and lead by example? Is your service...
Fire Safety Study Day For Residential Services – 20th April 2018
If you didn’t attend a Fire Safety Study Day last year please book today! Last year we ran a series on Fire Safety Study Days (in October and November 2017), and we will soon be running another Fire Safety Study Day for Residential Services for organisations who did...
National Living Wage increase
Does this affect you? Last chance to have your say! HCPA is looking at the impact of the National Living Wage (NLW), which is due to increase this April by 4.4% to £7.83. We would like to know how, if at all, it impacts your service so we can use this information in...
Are some of your staff affected by Universal Credit?
Staff on low pay or zero hour contracts could be affected Many people, especially staff on low pay or zero hour contracts, may be worried about the upcoming transfer to Universal Credit and could have questions about how this may impact upon any benefits they...
Falls Prevention Needs Your Attention
HCPA launch new StopFalls campaign HCPA have recently launched a new StopFalls campaign, fully funded by HCC, with the aim of reducing falls across the county. Over the last 20 years there has been an increase in the number of falls experienced by those aged 65 or...