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10 things not to say to someone with a brain injury

June 21, 2017
The brilliant Headway organisation has produced a short film, highlighting the most annoying things we can say to someone living with a brain injury. It’s about the things people say…
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Shared Parental Leave and Enhanced Maternity Pay

June 21, 2017
Shared Parental Leave (“SPL”) has been around since 2015 but uptake on it has been minimal. As a result, when employers are required to deal with an application for SPL…
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Draft regulations for care provision in Wales out for consultation

June 19, 2017
  I have been involved for about two or three years working with Welsh Government on aspects of the Regulation and Inspection Act. The latest work has centred around the…
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Registration of care staff in Scotland

June 19, 2017
The Scottish Social Services Council(SSSC) is the regulatory body for social care staff in Scotland. It oversees the registration, workforce development, codes of practice and fitness to practice for all…
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Improving lives by using the skills and assets that exist in care homes

June 19, 2017
This week sees National Care Home Open Day run for the fifth time. It’s an annual day when people are encouraged to spend time in their local care homes; a…
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Decontamination in dental practice – Essential Quality Requirements

June 19, 2017
  As a minimum, dental practices need to demonstrate Essential Quality Requirements (EQR) in relation to decontamination procedures. Decontamination is required to minimise the risk of cross-infection between patients and…
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Handling diabetes in the workplace

June 19, 2017
  There are around 4.5 million people living with diabetes in the UK and approximately 700 diagnoses per day, the equivalent of one person every two minutes. In the last…
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Are you in control of window restrictors?

June 16, 2017
Introduction As summer fast approaches, and the temperature rises, having air to a room is one way of cooling the temperature in any health and social care home. Care homes…
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