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Wales Leads the way by Introducing The Declaration on Rights for Older People
August 28, 2014
Introduction Wales has become the first country in the world to adopt a Declaration of the Rights of Older People, which clearly sets out the rights of older people in…
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How would you consider a flexible working request?
August 28, 2014
It’s almost two months since the statutory right to request flexible working was extended to all employees, provided they have 26 week’s continuous service and have not made another request…
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Misunderstood, misquoted or mistake?
August 28, 2014
Oxford evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins has incurred the wrath of thousands with his Twitter comments on Down’s syndrome. Was he really saying what people read? Or was this a case…
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Do you Know a ‘Man who Can’?
August 28, 2014
There is a common set of faults in the mind-set of General Dental Practitioners and I have to admit to being susceptible to these too. It’s like our default programming…
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Controlled Drugs
August 28, 2014
Strict controls Some prescription medicines are controlled under the Misuse of Drugs legislation and are known as controlled medicines or Controlled Drugs (CDs). CDs are essential in modern clinical care.…
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Achieving Excellence in Care Services
August 22, 2014
Apparent neglect in Hospitals, Serious case reviews, graphic TV documentaries of abuse in some care settings. It would be easy in the face of all this to decide that social…
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CQC Revisited
August 22, 2014
Short notice With just less than 24 hours notice the CQC informed us that an inspection team, comprising 3 inspectors, would be descending on us to carry out a review…
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So – Who Are You?
August 22, 2014
For people with a learning disability, having a sense of self can be difficult, more so when you consider the factors many people use to define who they are. In…
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