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Can I disturb an employee who is on holiday?
Quality Compliance Systems (QCS)Fortunately, the law is unusually non-prescriptive on this matter. The employee might like to be disturbed. On my first holiday in...
An Open Door
John Shapter Dental SpecialistAbout twenty years ago, I found myself sitting in my car, parked behind a shopping precinct, in a town about...
Less Cross About Cross Infection!
John Shapter Dental SpecialistYou should all be aware that a shiny new HTM 01 05 – Decontamination in Primary Care Dental Practices -...
Adding value to staff supervision
Ginny Tyler Learning Disabilities SpecialistOne of the notable benefits of the findings of the serious case review into the Winterbourne View scandal is new...
Creation of the CQC: Masterstroke or mistake?
alexqcsOnce a masterstroke In the wake of recent events that have put the CQC in the headlines, the regulator is under...
Sink or Swim
Quality Compliance Systems (QCS)“A practice has resorted to hand-delivering letters rather than paying for stamps, as funding pressures bear down on GPs” -...
Let’s Get Physical
Quality Compliance Systems (QCS)The theme of this year’s mental health awareness week was the importance of physical exercise in promoting mental health and...
Festival Musings
Quality Compliance Systems (QCS)I went to Glastonbury once, with four teenage children and high hopes of a good time. The experience was not...
Mouse Trap
Quality Compliance Systems (QCS)I have just been reviewing some policies on Cross Infection, which included the usual missives about surgery cleaning routines. We...
Spending review takes £2bn from NHS to join up health and social care
alexqcsRelieving the crisis in acute care This week the Chancellor delivered his speech to announce the much anticipated 2013 spending review....
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