Filter Posts:
Can you handle this?
November 14, 2013
We are in that weird twilight zone at work where the Ofsted inspection is just overdue and we are anticipating a visit any day. Right now, we just want the…
Read more
Why Go to Work?
November 13, 2013
It is a question I first saw examined in a paperback on “industrial psychology” that I read as a management student. A memorable aspect of the book was the analysis…
Read more
Lively Team Meetings
November 8, 2013
Last week’s highlight of my working week was a team meeting. The meeting was arranged for all the care staff working on a particular double up block in one area.…
Read more
Fat – A controversial issue?
November 8, 2013
A recent commentary in the influential British Medical Journal suggested that government advice to eat less saturated fat for better heart health was flawed. This was picked up widely by…
Read more
Drugs & Medicines
November 8, 2013
It`s a bit obvious, but what is the most vulnerable cost in primary care when cuts are in the air? In general practice it`s got to be medicines. The total…
Read more
Choices
November 8, 2013
The NHS Choices website has the following advice for people seeking online help and advice about NHS dentistry. – The NHS will not provide treatments such as teeth whitening, which…
Read more
World Wide Web – wonderful or worrying?
November 7, 2013
Recently I attended a safeguarding seminar in London primarily because it promised information about recruiting staff and volunteers and how to use value-based interviewing. Whilst this was really interesting and…
Read more
Could you handle a whistle-blower?
November 6, 2013
It is a curious enigma that those who report wrong-doing, particularly wrong-doing among their peers, are often regarded with contempt – “snitch” is a word that comes to mind. Whistle-blowing,…
Read more