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A) What is Legionella?  Legionella bacteria are commonly found in water. The bacteria multiply where temperatures are between 20-45°C and nutrients are available. The bacteria are dormant below 20°C and…

Research has shown LGB patients have specific health needs. They experience higher rates of depression, self-harm and suicide than the general population.  They are more likely to smoke, drink large…

With all the knowledge and skills you have developed during the pandemic, have you considered it is time to acknowledge your experience? Do you want to continue to advance the…

As I write this I am gazing out of my home office window, in rural Hampshire. Looking at ten houses that are identical to mine, with families that mirror mine…

I continually receive many questions around the Scottish Social Services Council. Here I thought I would attempt to encapsulate the aims of the SSSC. Regulatory It was set up to…

Today is Dignity Action Day. A day aims to ensure people who use care services are treated as individuals and are given choice, control and a sense of purpose in…

Updates to the GP contract for the next financial year have been released by NHS England and, following deserved recognition of the responsiveness of general practice with the pandemic and…

The off-payroll working rules, also known as IR35, are a set of tax laws which can apply where businesses engage workers through an intermediary (usually a personal service company (PSC),…