Adult Social Care

QCS has joined forces with Care Home Podiatry Ltd in a bid to improve foot care in care homes. Here, Thomas Calderbank, Clinical Lead Podiatrist outlines current issues and a…

Lindsay Rees, Head of Social Care Content at Quality Compliance Systems (QCS), believes there must be radical change in adult social care for the sector to survive and thrive. Here,…

Care providers are being urged to take part in an awareness day aimed at preventing pressure ulcers. With the theme of ‘time to act, to keep the skin intact’, Stop…

I want to tell you a story of an extraordinary young man. His name was Oliver. The tale I am about to share with you was originally written by his…

QCS has joined forces with the DART (Dysphagia And Referrals Training) team at Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust to offer a free IDDSI recipe booklet for social care providers…

zThe Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism to assist health and care staff caring and supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people has been launched.…

The number of vacant posts in adult social care have increased to a record 165,000, an increase of 52% in one year. Key findings from Skills for Care annual ‘The…

With the CQC well on their way to the full roll-out of a new CQC single assessment framework, Ed Watkinson, Residential Care & Inspection Specialist, discusses what the changes will…