Adult Social Care

World Oral Health Day started in 2007 with the purpose of highlighting the importance of good oral health for everyone throughout the world. If you do not look after your…

What is norovirus? Norovirus is highly infectious and causes vomiting (often projectile), watery diarrhoea and a fever. It is easily transmitted through contact with infected individuals, contaminated surfaces or consumption…

Megan Parker, Trainee Solicitor at Napthens, on what care providers need to know about the £15m grant aimed at giving the social care sector a boost. In February of last…

Olivia Bailey, Solicitor at Napthens, outlines the new rates and what employers should be doing before 1 April 2023. Each year the National Minimum Wage (‘NMW’) and National Living Wage…

Download our factsheet on ‘Top tips for social care providers on good record keeping’ here DOWNLOAD NOW Alternatively, read it here: Last month, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman…

Download our factsheet on ‘Don’t miss the right to vote’ here DOWNLOAD NOW Alternatively, read it here: This important blog will raise your awareness about the upcoming changes to voting…

The policy of the month in March is the Oral Care Policy and Procedure. Our team of experts have also reviewed and updated policies such as the Infection Control Policy…

It seems that the word ‘culture’ is the new buzzword in social care. As ever, this buzzword can be deemed negative as outlined in my article on closed cultures or…