Expert Insights

QCS have realised a new Clinical Governance Policy to its members this week. Clinical Governance is an umbrella term which usually focusses on 7 areas to drive continuous improvement, quality…

  Just as we have just gotten used to the HSCIC website… it changes. My next few blogs will focus on some of the interesting Primary Care data included on…

There’s a new delivery plan (2016-19), for realising the objectives of the 2012 ‘Together for Mental Health’ strategy for mental health and well-being in Wales. This builds upon the 2010…

Service providers can now access updated guidance on best practice in recruiting social care staff. It is available on the information hub of the Care Inspectorate website, and is an…

“We have a lot of work still to do to demystify dementia. Raising awareness takes away fear and worry.” – Baroness Jolly, Political panel Yesterday, Ed Watkinson (Director of Care…

The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act, 2014, mandates local authorities in Wales and their contracted care providers to deliver services in a ‘person-centred’ way. In effect this means that…

Maternity leave is a composite part of many women’s careers that involves the employee taking a prolonged period away from work, sometimes for up to a year. Where maternity leave…

New combined health and social care standards are to be finalised in Scotland from April 2017, and introduced from April 2018. I have been writing about the introduction process in…