Care Planning

Are we really offering people choices about their lives, or is the choice defined by what we make available, rather than what people want or need? And is that OK?…

Zero hours contracts have been the subject of much debate in the media recently, particularly in relation to the way in which workers do not know, from one week to…

Readers of this blog will have had frequent reminders about the importance of the inclusion of plenty of a variety of fruit and vegetable in the diet, and its benefit…

The Duty of Candour places a responsibility on providers to be open and honest about incidents in the delivery of care.  But surely this goes without saying. In March 2015…

The Scottish Government – as in other parts of the UK – is looking at restructuring the operations of their Health Service and more local, primary care, holistic and person-centred…

What’s the most important issue in mental health? Good treatment? Timely hospital care? Being treated with respect? Contact at times of crisis? All of these are important, but you’ll probably…

If you manage a care home for people with learning disability it may be that occasionally you find yourself justifying why residential group living is still appropriate for your client…

The care brokerage team have been on the phone constantly these past few weeks. There are lots of new cases to be sourced and urgently. The hospital is under huge…