Adult Social Care

The benefits and pitfalls of CQC’s proposed approach to collecting information from providers. Earworms from the past The late 1970’s song by The Buggles, ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’, suggests a…

Information updates have started with Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) and Welsh Government. One of the headline changes is that managers no longer need to be registered with…

There have been many major recent events for the country, relayed in our news week by week. However, some recent events will be important to all in the care industry:…

The Scottish Government has announced a new set of Health and Social care standards which will become fully applicable from April 2018. The standards are seen as innovative: They are…

I have been involved for about two or three years working with Welsh Government on aspects of the Regulation and Inspection Act. The latest work has centred around the regulations…

The Scottish Social Services Council(SSSC) is the regulatory body for social care staff in Scotland. It oversees the registration, workforce development, codes of practice and fitness to practice for all…

Proposed changes to CQC Registration: Making it clearer who should be registered in Consultation 2 Murder Mystery “It’s definitely her. She definitely did it!” I peer over my glass of…

The Mental Welfare Commission(Scotland) carried out a 2016 survey of the opinions of people with mental health problems being supported in the community. People were in general satisfied with the…