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How Can We Deal With DNAs – Did Not Attends?

July 13, 2015
Can we charge patients? On the BBC’s Question Time programme last week the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, revealed that the Government favours the idea of charging patients who miss NHS…
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You can ‘C’ why we like fruit and vegetables!

July 12, 2015
Readers of this blog will have had frequent reminders about the importance of the inclusion of plenty of a variety of fruit and vegetable in the diet, and its benefit…
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Service provider feedback and IT

July 11, 2015
A major provider of care and nursing homes has begun to provide each location with iPads for the service users. These are pre-programmed with questionnaires, and space for individual comments.…
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Back pain in care home staff

July 10, 2015
The onset of back pain can happen in the workplace. It may be triggered by bad posture while sitting or standing, bending awkwardly, or lifting incorrectly. The majority of personnel…
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Flexible working requests: How attitudes can change in 12 months?

July 10, 2015
It’s just over a year since the right for all employees to request to work flexibility came into force.  I recall a number of managers from small and medium-sized businesses…
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Duty of Candour: Do we have to be compelled to be candid?

July 9, 2015
The Duty of Candour places a responsibility on providers to be open and honest about incidents in the delivery of care.  But surely this goes without saying. In March 2015…
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Dental Hygiene: Ancient Artefacts

July 8, 2015
According to the Dental Tribune, an international team of researchers has undertaken a study of plaque from teeth of our ancestors who lived 300,000 to 400,000 years ago.  By analysing…
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New CQC Fundamental Standards

July 7, 2015
The new CQC Fundamental Standards have been released by the CQC and inspections against these new standards are now in progress.Based on the latest information from the CQC, we will…
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