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Mental Health
Well-being at Work
Health and care organisations may be very skilled and experienced in promoting the mental well-being of their service users, but...
Running In January
At the risk of starting the New Year with another resolution, a campaign being organised in conjunction with MIND, the...
The Treatment Test
When you go into hospital you expect to receive treatment – but what does treatment actually mean? When we think...
Managing the risk of hoarding
I’ve written in the past about the issue of hoarding and the limited legal remedies that might be used to...
Distress Brief Intervention – Mental Health ‘First Aid’
Tony Clarke Scottish Care Inspectorate SpecialistDistress can signal a danger point in our lives. This could be as a reaction to what we see as a...
A gilded cage is still a cage
Rachel Griffiths Mental Capacity and Human Rights SpecialistThis image is startling, and rather old-fashioned: I don’t think many of us see birds kept in fancy gold-plated cages...
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...
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...
New standards for health and social care in Scotland
Tony Clarke Scottish Care Inspectorate SpecialistRegistered health and social care services in Scotland are inspected and regulated using the National Care Standards. These are also...
Employee dismissed for taking a bribe
Anthony Fox Napthens LLP – Employment Law SpecialistBribery is the act of giving or receiving something of value to influence a transaction. The Bribery Act 2010 consolidated...
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