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Flexible working options or fly-by-night?
February 6, 2015
News this week that the NHS has increased its spend on agency nurses reads like this is a negative thing. Are agency staff really that bad a thing? Apparently a…
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Interpreting what your workers say
February 6, 2015
I remember a Tribunal case some years ago, where the supervisor was deemed to have discriminated against an employee who was deaf and who depended on sign language. The investigation…
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Healthy opinion?
February 6, 2015
In the ‘old days’ we used to use the adage ‘an unhappy person tells 10 others about their experience, a happy person tells only 2’, the idea being that you…
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NCA Regional Symposium in Harrogate
February 4, 2015
You’re invited! The National Care Association (NCA) have asked us to let you know about the following event. The National Care Association’s Regional Symposium is coming to Harrogate with a…
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CQC Consultation: Ratings and minor amendments
February 4, 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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Improving services
January 30, 2015
I think the Government can draw much-needed lessons from two healthcare topics currently in the news. They seem different, but they show a worrying trend in how care support and…
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Should we audit nutritional care in care homes?
January 30, 2015
A range of policies and guidance documents have been produced in the UK highlighting the need to ensure people in hospital or residential care receive good quality, nutritious foods and…
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Are you missing a trick with recruitment?
January 30, 2015
A recent survey taken by the Recruitment and Employment Federation (REC) suggests that recruiters should ‘improve their hiring strategy to consider the most talented in the over 55s age group’.…
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