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This year, some employers should be aware that they may be about to breach the annual leave rights of their employees as a result of the way that Easter bank…

Some Alarming Facts We know how important it is to take care of ourselves to get the most from life to maintain our mental health. Sadly there are thousands of…

Forty-plus years on from the recommendations of the Robens Committee’s for the improvement work place safety, were enacted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSAWA), the concept…

Employers will regularly come across employees with medical conditions which result in those employees being signed off as unfit for work. It is important for employers to be aware of…

Many of us are now surviving into old age AND very old age i.e. 80 years plus. But old age will often lead into multiple pathologies, especially as individuals become…

The National Care Standards in Scotland are available to service users and their carers in choosing and evaluating the service they receive. They are service specific standards in developing and…

We often forget that in organising and providing ‘ordinary’ lives for service users, there is something rather precious we omit from the plan. We work really hard to make lots…

Regular readers of my blog will be aware of the importance of an adequate vitamin D status in the older adult, as well as throughout a person’s lifetime. So those of…