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What the social care sector can do to address poor eye health
September 22, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected our health in a myriad of different ways. According to the REACT-2 Study, for example, over two million people in the UK may have suffered…
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Time to Celebrate Home Care
September 21, 2021
A day of celebration for homecare Careworkers across the country are being recognised for their amazing work on Wednesday in the first ever ‘Celebrating Homecare’ day. ‘Celebrating Homecare’ has been…
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How to Create an Organic Vegetable Programme that Lasts Beyond September
September 17, 2021
To mark Organic September, which celebrates the many benefits of organic farming, let me begin this piece by quoting an amazing statistic from the Soil Association. It says that farming…
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Skilled, Informed and effective care workers are what people with dementia need most
September 15, 2021
In England more than 850,000 people live with dementia and that figure is set to increase to over two million by 2051. The big question is what can we do…
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QCS creates state-of-the-art dementia centre
September 15, 2021
Quality Compliance Systems (QCS), a leading provider of content, guidance and standards for the social care sector, has launched the Dementia Centre. The Dementia Centre, is the realisation of a…
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Creating hope through action (World Suicide Prevention Day)
September 10, 2021
Today, (10 September) is World Suicide Prevention Day. Abi Spence explains why it is always good for all those working in the sector to talk about how they feel. Awareness…
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Why the Health and Social Care Levy does not address social care’s immediate challenges
September 8, 2021
It has taken almost 20 years for a government to make good on its promise to reform social care, but yesterday the Prime Minister announced the ‘Health and Social Care…
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Why every action counts in social care
September 8, 2021
Abi Spence on how social care is leading the way in infection prevention and control. Keeping it up ‘Hand gel’, I say, as my children walk into the pharmacy right…
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