The health and care sector will face many challenges over the coming months and years. With much speculation around funding due to the EU exit on top of cuts that some areas have already been faced with, the future is looking less than bright. In the last two weeks one northern council have delivered…
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Novel Psychoactive Substances have been around for over 10 years 174,000 young people have used Novel Psychoactive Substances in the last year The Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 received Royal Assent on the 28th January but it’s still not law – enforcement has been delayed indefinitely Over 400 different substances have been identified to date Substance testing can’t keep up with new substance creation…
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There are several planned changes for NDTMS CDS M that will come into effect on 1st April. It is essential that these changes have been implemented within your forms and procedures so that you are recording the correct information. The Halo system has already been updated and validated ready for roll out on 1st April.…
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In England and Wales between 2010 and 2014, opiates featured in 53% of all drug related deaths. Following the legislative change at the end of last year, Naloxone is now more readily available. Scotland enforced similar legislation in 2011 reducing their opiate related deaths over 2 years by 62%. An overview of the new legislation:…
DetailsHalo mail system is a key part of the system for most users but if you don’t log into Halo every day you can now stay in touch with the new Mail Digest. The summary of unread mails is sent to your registered email address at the end of every day. It does not contain…
DetailsThe key to KPIs is keeping an eye on the headline issues and metrics. We’ve been working closely with our project in Cornwall to get the contract KPIs setup on the automated KPI summary. The initial list was really long and we found it hard to keep focus and momentum at times. It was really useful…
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We are committed to ensuring that sensitive client data is protected from cyber threats. We’re happy to announce that we have received our Cyber Essentials Plus certification. What does Cyber Essentials mean? Cyber Essentials is the government standard for network security as set by the National Cyber Security Centre. By protecting our system, and sensitive…
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We have had a few requests, thank you Emma and Lizzie, to provide ALL the data. ‘All’ is quite a big list but we found a method to break it down to each Halo form. So, you can now download ALL your data via a set of csv files for each form. Go…
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Hospital bed-blocking ‘costs’ NHS England £900m a year – a headline echoed by many news outlets after an independent review earlier this year. Medically well patients can’t be discharged due to lack of care provision in the community, which then also puts pressure on other areas such as A and E – not being able…
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The aim of the standard is to ensure that disabled service users (having a communication need relating to disability, impairment or sensory loss) have access to information they are able to understand and achieve an accurate dialogue with the professional. The deadline for action is 31st July, before this date every part of the service…
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