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Ripe for harvest
John Shapter Dental SpecialistAbout three years ago, I wrote an article about the futuristic advances in dentistry that we could only dream of. ...
Pay per prod
John Shapter Dental SpecialistThe public were made aware of a heated debate this week with headlines “Charges to See Your GP”. This was...
Bullying at the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
Quality Compliance Systems (QCS)Recent publicity about worrying levels of bullying at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has a good side to it. But firstly,...
Lessons learned? – CQC raises the compliance bar for prospective learning disability service providers.
Ginny Tyler Learning Disabilities SpecialistIt appears that a change is coming for prospective providers of learning disability services, as CQC release plans that see...
Are we expecting too much?
Rosie Robinson Domiciliary Care SpecialistThis month I welcomed the Cavendish report which reviewed the role of Support Workers in social care. The independent report,...
One, One, One or No, No, No!
John Shapter Dental SpecialistThe news is that NHS Direct who had won 11 of the 46 regional contracts for the new 111 service,...
Avoiding the Blame Game
Ginny Tyler Learning Disabilities SpecialistA colleague was proudly boasting that her service had a really low level of accidents and incidents since she dispatched...
Human beings fail
Quality Compliance Systems (QCS)The last few weeks have seen some incomprehensible tragedies, ones for which individuals seem destined to shoulder much of the...
Say it as it is
John Shapter Dental SpecialistAs part of my job, I read a lot of clinical records in order to write reports on possible negligence...
Confusion over top up fees widespread, survey reveals
alexqcs‘Postcode lottery’ for top-up fees in social care? A survey published last week by the charity Independent Age has exposed that...
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