Expert Insights

The importance of fibre for digestive health has been known about for some time. Increasing fibre intake through including plenty of fruit and vegetables and wholegrains  in the diet are…

There is an uncanny relationship between protestations of carers convicted of abuse at Hillcroft Nursing Home and our experience of those few carers who have the wrong temperament to work…

The importance of being organised and its impact on being safe should never be underestimated. My mother always told me “clean up as you go.” That was the advice when,…

The new GDC Standards state for the first time that we ‘must’ listen to our patients.  As well as listening, we should be actively encouraging communication.   Successful communication is the…

Media headlines this week have suggested that sugar is the new tobacco – a public addictive health hazard and a major cause of obesity and diabetes.  A new campaign group…

Putting together a report in response to a safeguarding allegation can be a difficult and daunting task. Where do you start? I always start my reports by giving some context…

For anyone unaware, more than 100 family dentists have signed a letter to the Telegraph which accuses Ministers of hiding the “rotten truth” about the “compromised and mismanaged” system of…

At first they seem an irritation. You’ve made the difficult decision to discipline or dismiss an employee and now you have to hear an appeal. It is as if the…