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When medication can harm
January 15, 2016
The Herald newspaper recently posted an article about a person who had long term problems with prescribed medication. The lady has launched a video and a petition to the Scottish…
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Gongs
January 13, 2016
Its that time of year again when seemingly large numbers of people are being honoured for their activities. What’s in an honour anyway? Apologies to those of you who anticipated…
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Are Your Nurses Ready for Revalidation?
January 12, 2016
What is Revalidation? About 6 months ago all the talk was about nurse revalidation, what it was and what nurses had to do. From April 2016 all nurses and midwives…
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Temporary Workplace Closures
January 10, 2016
Earlier in December we wrote a blog (https://www.qcs.co.uk/adverse-weather-faqs/) giving guidance to employers on some of the HR issues which can arise from adverse weather conditions following some severe floods earlier…
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New Year New Start
January 9, 2016
Planning is the Bedrock of Effective Compliance At the beginning of this New Year, some practice managers will have already invested quality time in planning and organising their compliance measures…
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There’s something about berries!
January 8, 2016
Happy New Year to all! This time of year always sees a plethora of media around wonder diets and superfoods that cure all manner of diseases and disorders. One of…
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Review of 2015
January 8, 2016
Another year has gone and I’m sure it’s been a busy one for most of you. With contractual changes and new legislation it’s often difficult to keep up with everything…
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A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing? (Part 2)
January 7, 2016
In the first blog on this topic we looked at the overriding importance of the relationship between direct support staff and service-users, and ways in which this serves as a…
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