Expert Insights
Latest news stories and opinions about the Dental, GP and Care Industries. For your ease of use, we have established categories under which you can source the relevant articles and news items.
Care Planning
How well do we really know the people we care for?
Katie Farrar Occupational TherapistI was feeling a bit out of sorts this morning. Tired, achy, grumpy and unmotivated. I’m sure you know that...
Taking Positive Risks
Katie Farrar Occupational Therapist“Life itself is a risk. We cannot eliminate risk without eliminating the person.” Professor Rhonda May What is it that makes us...
Getting Ready for the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS)
Rachel Griffiths Mental Capacity and Human Rights SpecialistWe updated you in the summer on how things were getting on with plans to put the LPS into practice. ...
Absence of choice
Ginny Tyler Learning Disabilities SpecialistWe often forget that in organising and providing ‘ordinary’ lives for service users, there is something rather precious we omit...
Self-neglect and a duty to intervene ethically
Nic Bowler Welsh Care and Social Services Inspectorate SpecialistI’m taking a break from the series of blogs on European social care this week (although I’ll be looking at...
How to move people without tears
Ginny Tyler Learning Disabilities SpecialistMaking sure your staff use safe moving and handling techniques is one thing; making this client centred can be quite...
If music be the food of love…
Ayela Spiro Nutrition Science Manager, British Nutrition FoundationPoor nutrition is commonly experienced by people with dementia. So it was with interest this week to see a new...
Nature and stress
Tony Clarke Scottish Care Inspectorate SpecialistA six month research study carried out by a researcher from Exeter University has shown that watching nature films can...
Is it on the trolley?
Ginny Tyler Learning Disabilities SpecialistAre we really offering people choices about their lives, or is the choice defined by what we make available, rather...
Exclusivity in Zero Hours Contracts
Anthony Fox Napthens LLP – Employment Law SpecialistZero hours contracts have been the subject of much debate in the media recently, particularly in relation to the way...
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