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Winter planning – Flu Vaccination  The start of winter vaccination season is slowly creeping up on us and closer than you think, although the winter programme does not begin until…

We are incredibly sad to hear of the death of Sheila Scott OBE. Sheila was instrumental in the early days of QCS and impacted lots of us in so many…

The recent heatwave may have gone for now, but chances are the hot weather will return again over the rest of the summer. So, whilst we are in this cooler…

According to the NICE Quality standard [QS50], meaningful activity includes physical, social and leisure activities that are tailored to a person’s needs and preferences. It can range from activities of…

What is your pain behaviour? Did you realise that we have different ways of expressing our pain dependent on several factors including our personality, previous experience and learned behaviours? Add…

A care home has been fined £20,000 for health and safety failings which led to the death of a vulnerable 90 year old man. The owner of the Residential Home…

World Parkinson’s Day occurs every year on 11 April to raise awareness of Parkinson’s disease.  As a nurse whose father had Parkinson’s, I have a strong personal interest in this…

With insurance companies becoming much more switched on about how you as a provider manage the risks in your business, it’s important to ensure that you are on top of…