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The outstanding success of Team GB at the Rio Olympics, has been attributed to secure long term funding. This same success is sparking debate amongst politicians and policy makers around…

Did you know that if you withdraw an offer of employment after having received an acceptance of the offer, it will constitute a breach of contract, even though the prospective…

There can be few of us that were not moved by the heroic feats of our UK sports people at the Olympics, and how strongly the core Olympic values of…

A new system of delivering health and social care in the community has developed in several countries. It originated in Holland, and is called the Buurtzorg model, developed by Jos…

The Advert that Does Not Advertise My mother placed an ad on a site to sell her coffee machine recently. ‘It’s not selling’ she told me. “What did you put?”…

Under the Equality Act 2010, workers can be subjected to discrimination both directly and indirectly. Direct discrimination occurs where a person is treated less favourably than others would be treated…

A key feature of Alzheimer’s disease is an excessive build-up of two culprit proteins in the brain; proteins called amyloid and tau. Amyloid makes sticky plaques in the brain; tau…

I wrote an article a week or so back about the importance of induction and preparatory training (the Welsh Social Care Induction Framework or SCIF) in equipping support workers for…