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It Makes Good Television
May 7, 2014
Nonagenarians calling desperately for the toilet or harassed care staff dealing roughly with an obstreperous human being, grab our attention. But they do nothing for the reputation of the care…
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What’s Going On?
May 7, 2014
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) this week published further analysis of the September 2013 Learning Disability Census data. The census is a count of people with learning…
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Act FAST and Reduce Your Salt Intake
May 2, 2014
May is Action on Stroke month. Every year there are approximately 152,000 strokes in the UK. That’s one stroke every five minutes, and stroke is the third single largest cause…
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In Defence of Dementia Care in Care Homes
May 2, 2014
Care homes took another shocking blow this week with the expose of a small number of individuals, acting independently, in a small number of care homes, shown by the BBC…
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National Smile Month 2014
May 2, 2014
National Smile Month is back – between 19 May and 19 June. The British Dental Health Foundation say this is the UK’s largest oral health campaign and is designed to…
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The Importance of Employee Handbooks
May 2, 2014
How many words are there in your employee handbook? A recent article in May’s edition of People Management highlighted the Employee Handbook for Fashion Retailer Nordstrom – it contains just…
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You’re Not Hearing What I’m Not Saying
May 2, 2014
One of my friends recently became a mother to a baby girl and last week brought her new daughter in to work to meet the staff team. Cue a gaggle…
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Who is my GP?
April 30, 2014
With the introduction of the new Unplanned Hospital Admissions Enhanced Service there’s a requirement for patients to have a ‘named GP’. Most patients with long term conditions will arrange their…
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