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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is changing the way it assesses service providers. The table below highlights the proposed changes in different areas from Spring 2023.  You can download the…

Is there a link between age-related vision and hearing impairment and dementia? It’s a question that a team of trailblazing researchers, led by Professor Iracema Leroi, are exploring as part…

From an inspirational picture of a coffin on social media, Abi explores end of life care… and beyond. I’ve had a viral infection over the past 3 weeks or so.…

QCS’s partner, The National Care Forum, has created a one stop shop aimed at helping providers understand integrated care systems (ICSs). Housed on their website, the information provides an overview…

Care workers are being asked to support a campaign aimed at improving oral health. National Smile Month is a charity campaign all about championing the benefits of having good oral health and…

With many days of work lost through sickness in the social care sector, Helena Newberry, Employee Relations Advisor at Napthens highlights what makes a good absence management policy. Managing absence…

Due to oral health care currently being so prominent in the younger generations it is likely that more and more adults will retain some of their teeth until the end…

Are workers set to have the right to flexible working from the first day of employment except in exceptional circumstances? Stephanie Wiggans, Employment Solicitor at Napthens explains. The Flexible Working…