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Taking a CQC Registered Service rated Inadequate and making it Good!

July 16, 2018
    How do you feel about comparisons? My daughter’s face is screwed up tight. Her big blue eyes have almost vanished. Comparing kids I’ve made the mistake of comparing…
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A New Mental Health Act – Progress So Far

June 22, 2018
  I wrote an article in October last year about the terms of reference for a major review into the Mental Health Act (Rights and Risks – The Debate About…
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We all have accessible information standards, don’t we?

June 12, 2018
  My eyesight is not what it was twenty years ago, progressively I find myself straining more and more to read the top shelf in the supermarket and interpret my…
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Restraint and Deprivation of Liberty: Top five things you need to know!

June 11, 2018
Recently I gave you five ‘Top Tips’ on the framework of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA). Here, as promised, are a further five top tips: about what health and social…
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ACAS Launches New Guidance on Religion and Belief in the Workplace

June 11, 2018
  The Foundation As you will be aware, the term “employee,” as defined by the Equality Act 2010, includes those working under a contract of employment, workers and agency workers,…
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CommonAge Conference

May 30, 2018
Quality Compliance Systems (QCS) is proud to have supported CommonAge by awarding bursaries to 15 applicants from developing Commonwealth countries to attend the inaugural Commonwealth Elders’ Forum, which was held…
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Is Your Workforce Microscope Ready?

May 28, 2018
Those involved in the social care sector be familiar with the issues associated with the calculation of ‘sleep-in’ payments, in the wake of the Focus Care Agency (Mencap) case. The current…
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Person-centred Care in Dementia – Are we doing enough?

May 24, 2018
Hi, I’m very pleased to be doing my first Expert Insight for QCS about Person-centred Care. I have worked as an Occupational Therapist for 20 years in the field of…
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