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Changes for care regulation in Scotland
February 15, 2017
How care services are inspected and regulated in Scotland is undergoing changes, some of which have happened and some are to be implemented in the near future. The following is…
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Random Acts of Kindness
February 13, 2017
A few years ago, I was asked by my boss, who was new to homecare, to write about what he called, Random Acts of Kindness. This was nothing to do…
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Small steps to better nutrition, giant leaps in disease reduction?
February 10, 2017
Next week I am speaking at a Healthy Ageing event in Cardiff on nutrition and age–related disease. So it’s been a good opportunity to reflect on the importance of diet…
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Attitudes to healthcare
February 9, 2017
We have a valued and envied health care system in this country. Recent surveys in Scotland by the Government showed overall high levels of satisfaction with the services received. A…
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How to Use Mobility Clauses in Employment Contracts
February 8, 2017
Care providers are diverse in their operations and often have a variety of locations from which they operate. Support workers and carers may be specifically assigned to a singular residential…
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Welsh Lessons Through a Lens: the 2015 Flynn Report
February 8, 2017
A strong Welsh legislative and regulatory framework is currently forming, to govern the commissioning, and delivery of social care. However, one important report which develops our understanding of good practice…
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It has been announced and agreed…
February 8, 2017
On the 7 February 2017, the NHS Employers and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee (GPC) agreed on a number of changes to Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) effective from 1…
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Through the Keyhole
February 8, 2017
You are going to be registered for hopefully a very long time with the Care Quality Commission, so who are the people behind the CQC door? Secret club There is…
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