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Animals and care
April 17, 2015
A new, original service has been set up in Tower Hamlets in London by the local Clinical Commissioning Group, a health partnership of three local surgeries and a city farm.…
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Joining up services
April 10, 2015
NHS England has implemented one of the first components of its five year improvement plan, published in October 2014. This first step is the establishing of ‘vanguard sites’ which will…
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Achieving equality
March 30, 2015
We are five years into the implementation of the Equality Act, which was introduced to simplify the law by bringing together existing anti-discrimination legislation. I think it is useful to…
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e-learning in the care sector
March 20, 2015
The phrase ‘e-learning’ in care work conjures up people sitting in front of a screen, trying to learn about people skills and how to practice care and support. More technology…
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No voice unheard, no right ignored
March 13, 2015
The Rt. Hon. Norman Lamb MP, Minister of State for Care and Support, has set out a consultation paper on the way forward for services for people with learning disability…
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Inspecting local councils
March 6, 2015
The Local Government Minister, Kris Hopkins, has declared that inspection by CQC of local authority commissioning services is unnecessary. This was said in the context of concern expressed at the…
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Integrating health and social care services
February 27, 2015
The Chancellor has drawn up plans to unite the budgets of health and social care in Greater Manchester. The Independent newspaper stated that: ‘A new board of health and council…
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Secret filming in care
February 20, 2015
The Care Quality Commission recently issued a pamphlet guide on the use of secret filming in care services. It did this because it recognised that it was already an established…
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