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A BBC Panorama documentary in May 2011 focused on Winterbourne View, a private hospital for people with learning disabilities, run by the Castlebeck group. Viewers saw inpatients being abused and…

Every day, in every business, there is one bill the employer will pay and that is the electricity bill. Electricity is used constantly, whether it is boiling a kettle, using…

It can be sometimes very difficult to determine whether the actions of an employer amount to a provision, criteria or practice which can then run the risk of resulting in…

What is safeguarding? According to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), “Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and…

The recent National Obesity Forum (NOF) report recommending eating fat, cutting carbs and avoiding snacking caused something of a media storm when it was released. Those considering the recommendations should…

According to the IHAL Health and Care project (link: http://www.improvinghealthandlives.org.uk) 20% of people with a learning disability in England also have epilepsy. My Life My Choice member Shaun Picken explains what…

In March I took a look at how the issue of consent is handled within the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act, 2014. I argued that the bar was being…

Its been three years – time to hand over the blog. This will be my last blog for QCS after almost three years of involvement with the company, as I…