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Secret filming in care
February 20, 2015
The Care Quality Commission recently issued a pamphlet guide on the use of secret filming in care services. It did this because it recognised that it was already an established…
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A new look at vitamin C
February 20, 2015
A new review has indicated that there may be a link between vitamin C deficiency and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes. However, good quality scientific studies have not clearly…
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Sometimes less is more
February 20, 2015
The fact that serious sight problems are 10 times more common in people with learning disability has led to calls for increased commissioning of adapted sight tests for this group.…
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What to pay?
February 19, 2015
Money motivates – a least that is the popular view. It is partially a myth. In reality, it is fair reward that motivates and, even more specifically, unfair reward that…
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What are we doing here?
February 18, 2015
Recently, I was sharing the staff room of a practice whilst having my lunchtime sandwich, and there was some chatter about patients who had been in. Some of this revolved…
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New CQC Mock Inspection Toolkit for Adult Social Care now available
February 16, 2015
QCS are pleased to announce the release of a new set of Mock Inspection Toolkits designed to help adult social care services in England to prepare for the CQC’s new…
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1970s dietary advice – a big fat mistake?
February 13, 2015
Many service users are of the generation that vividly recollect the cholesterol advice in the 1970s and 1980s – and remember being advised to cut down on cream, butter, cheese,…
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How flexible are you towards employing older people?
February 13, 2015
We only have to look around our workplaces to get an idea of the demographics of the UK workforce. A report by the BITC has called for ‘employers to offer…
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