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Winter Pressures
January 9, 2015
No spare capacity to deal with spike in demand Each year it is a growing concern that more pressure is put on NHS services in the winter months. GP Practices…
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Sleeves up!
January 9, 2015
A seasonal flu onslaught, a bunch of vacancies unfilled and a crisis in the offing, time for the old girl to rediscover her nursing mojo… It was Christmas Eve in…
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Human rights in care
January 5, 2015
A new focus on human rights Human rights seem to be well served in Scotland. We have the Scottish Human Rights Commission established in 2008, which promotes and protects human…
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Choices
December 29, 2014
What resolution could we make to prevent complaints in 2015? In my other job, working with practitioners who have received complaints from patients, there is a growing number of issues…
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Not enough having the Flu vaccine
December 29, 2014
Why aren’t eligible patients having their flu jab sooner? Each year from October, GP practices offer eligible patients a flu jab in order to minimise the spread and impact of…
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Who will you empower this year?
December 29, 2014
One of my favourite proverbs is an old Arab one: “It is easier to make slaves of free men [sic] than free men from slaves.” When I came across it…
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How is the health of the nation?
December 29, 2014
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has just published the results of the Health Survey for England (HSE) 2013. This monitors trends in the nation’s health, and provides regular…
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Manual handling risk assessment
December 29, 2014
In my previous article we reviewed the need for manual handling intervention in the workplace. Manual handling is a part of our daily lives and it would be near impossible…
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