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As we approach 2024, there are some key areas that managers, nominated individuals and providers should focus on in England. This allows you to ensure the best possible support and…

The Home Office recently confirmed increases to illegal working fines, which are set to come into force on 22 January 2024. Alongside this, the Home Office has published a draft…

Why do we need to complete audits? To achieve good governance in your service you must demonstrate continuous quality improvement. To do this, auditing and documenting the effectiveness of the…

On 21st November 2023, the Government announced it had accepted the Low Pay Commission’s recommendation on the rates for the National Living Wage (NLW) and the National Minimum Wage (NMW).…

The Government has been consulting on the calculation of holiday entitlement and pay for workers who have irregular hours of work and zero-hour workers. As a result of the consultations,…

‘Safe environments’ is one of the quality statements under the key question of safe from the Care Quality Commission. Quality statements are the commitments that health and social providers should live up to. The quality statements are part of the CQC’s new Single Assessment Framework which has been introduced as part of a phased approach from November 2023 until the end of March 2024.

Why do we need to complete audits? To achieve good governance in your service you must demonstrate continuous quality improvement. To do this, auditing and documenting the effectiveness of the…

So here we are on World AIDS Day 2023, four decades after the onset of the AIDS epidemic. The first case of HIV in the UK was identified in December…