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Shift work health and safety management
April 2, 2015
Shift work A significant proportion of the workforce has done shift work at some stage. Employers have a duty of care to protect the health, safety and welfare at work…
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Do we need equality laws?
April 1, 2015
Whenever a client is insistent that they must dismiss one of their employees, the first question I ask is “How much service do they have?” But, if they have less…
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The King is Dead…
March 31, 2015
Long live the King! This conundrum always used to mark the death of one monarch by celebrating the life of the next, all in one sentence. This week, the old…
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Displaying your CQC Ratings
March 30, 2015
From 1st April, 2015 if you’ve been awarded a rating by the CQC under their new inspection regime, you will be required to publically display it. The information you display…
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An inspector calls
March 30, 2015
I often use this blog to report on nutritional standards in care homes from the point of view of the service users or care home. But how may it be…
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Achieving equality
March 30, 2015
We are five years into the implementation of the Equality Act, which was introduced to simplify the law by bringing together existing anti-discrimination legislation. I think it is useful to…
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Provision of care for vulnerable people
March 27, 2015
The CQC rates practices against particular population groups The CQC now inspects and rates practices against six population groups – older people; those with long-term conditions; mother’s, babies and children;…
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Keeping HR records
March 27, 2015
Problems with paper In my first role as a HR Manager, I remember looking at our personnel records. As they were all made of combustible paper, I immediately ordered some…
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