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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is changing the way it assesses service providers. Ed Watkinson, Residential Care and Inspection Specialist with Quality Compliance System (QCS), the leading provider of content,…

Dying Matters Awareness Week, running from 2 – 6 May 2022, is a chance to open up the conversation around death, dying and bereavement. Death inevitably invokes feelings and memories,…

Baroness Sally Greengross OBE made headlines last month when she called on doctors to take the revolutionary step of prescribing music for patients living with dementia. Greengross, who has been…

How to reduce workplace violence With incidents of violence and aggression under-reported within the health and social care sectors, Sarah J Baker, Solicitor Apprentice at Napthens provides steps for you…

The impact of the cost of rising fuel or energy bills on domiciliary providers has been highlighted in new research. A survey conducted by the Homecare Association revealed that 95%…

Rachel Griffiths, Human Rights and Mental Capacity Consultant to Quality Compliance Systems (QCS), the leading provider of content, guidance and standards for the social care sector, discusses what the new…

The UK Caldicott Guardian Council, in partnership with the National Data Guardian (NDG) and Health Education England, has published two more sessions to help health and social care workers understand…

In September 2020, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) commissioned a special report, which looked at Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC) best practice. The study, entitled ‘COVID-19 Insight: Issue 4’ also…