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Recent immigration raids by Home Office officials at Byron Burger restaurants across London, which resulted in the detention of 35 individuals, have brought an employer’s duty to complete Right to…

Only 7% of people with learning disabilities are currently in paid employment, while 65% of people with learning disabilities want to work. (NHS Learning Disability Toolkit, NHS England, 2015) We…

In this week’s Nutrition blog, we are looking at some great new tools developed by a research team from Bournemouth University to help care staff provide good nutritional and hydration…

Continuing the sporting theme I started last week, I am going to look at the example set by one of our Rio sports-stars in developing resilience. Jazz Carlin is a…

The Scottish Government has released a report on consultation responses to proposed changes in Incapacity Legislation. The Scottish Law Commission is considering a Bill which would bring changes to the…

With the Rio Olympics upon us, my mind has been turning to lessons that Sport can share with those of us working in the Social Care sector. So over the…

A recent news story has brought the nature of an individual’s status within a business into the spotlight. Can an individual agree in the contract that they are engaged under…

We’ve all got used to the phrase ‘best interests’. It can give a comforting glow to think that we’re making decisions in someone’s best interests, but lots of people in…