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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…

Last month, I wrote about the multitude of challenges faced by supported living services – a subject that I am very passionate about. This week, I’d like focus on supported…

It is time to #CelebrateSocialCare! Following the Social Care Day of Remembrance and Reflection on 17 March 2022, and as the public restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic are lifted, our partner,…

 To mark World Social Work Day, I want to devote this week’s column exclusively to supported living. It is a sector that is so often forgotten about when we talk…

Local authorities in England will be supported by £1.36 billion from the Health and Social Care Levy to pay a fairer rate of care to adult social care providers, the…

Any employer can begin to create a financial wellbeing policy with minimum additional financial costs, Helena Newberry, Employee Relations Adviser at Napthens People Projects Team explains. In the UK, we…