Expert Insights

This week’s blog looks at the recent headlines such as Diet drinks TRIPLE your risk of stroke and dementia – and are FAR more dangerous than drinks sweetened with sugar…

The Government in Scotland is, after extensive consultation, at the last stage of implementing new standards to which all care services will be expected to conform. To date, consultation has…

Explore how RISCA shifts focus to outcomes over standards, with key concerns around room sizes, en-suites, and impact on care home viability in Wales.

This is my final article (for the time being!) about the changes proposed to the Mental Capacity Act (MCA). The biggest is the introduction of a new framework to replace…

Last week saw a rise in the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) which is the minimum to which employers must pay their employees for working. It…

The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland has a semi-independent role of scrutiny over mental health services in Scotland. It is accountable to Government and carries out its statutory duties by…

  In the last article, we looked at the surprisingly high volume of germs on mobile devices and the implications of spreading microbes, especially in clinical environments. Some of the…

This is an important question for care homes because perhaps if we understood this better we could prevent the development of malnutrition more effectively. And a look at the nutrition…