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Don`t get caught with your policies down!
John Shapter Dental SpecialistI keep seeing CQC inspection reports with non-compliance issues that have common factors. Yawn, Yawn, I know it`s a pain...
White Coat Syndrome – Hospital & GP Dress Code
John Shapter Dental SpecialistThere has recently been speculation in the press that patients wouldn`t trust a doctor in a t-shirt. This has sparked...
Harassment and bullying
Quality Compliance Systems (QCS)What it is Definitions of these phenomena have varied over the years as interested bodies and legislators have struggled to find...
A proportionate response to errors?
Ginny Tyler Learning Disabilities SpecialistI recently attended a seminar on the management of errors in medicines administration and got into an interesting debate with...
Objective of Liverpool Care Pathway may be delivered through personal care planning
alexqcsGood in principle but poorly applied The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) is to be phased out following a review commissioned by...
Preparing for Inspections
Rosie Robinson Domiciliary Care Specialistt’s always nerve-wracking when you are expecting any independent inspection of your service. I recall a time when the CQC would...
An Element of Doubt
John Shapter Dental SpecialistI am about to use this blog posting to play `devils advocate`, by questioning one of the pillars of general...
Have We Lost Our Path?
John Shapter Dental SpecialistA press release from the Department of Health on Monday heralded the phasing out of the Liverpool Care Pathway. Although...
Accentuate the positive
Ginny Tyler Learning Disabilities SpecialistIf you have worked for some time in supporting adults with learning disability, then there is a fair chance that...
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