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Developments in Wales 16-23rd Jan 2018
January 31, 2018
No More Managers Registered with CIW The last week has seen a number of key developments affecting the care sector in Wales. Firstly, the Care Inspectorate Wales announced that it…
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GDPR – Key Terms
January 31, 2018
The chances are that, by now, you will have heard of GDPR. If you are already familiar with the Data Protection Act 1998 (the law being replaced by GDPR),…
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Human Rights in Practice
January 30, 2018
‘I’m drowning in a great soup of law!” This is how a care home manager put it to me, when I made some passing comment about the value of human…
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Calling for Action on Loneliness
January 30, 2018
Shortly before Christmas, the Jo Cox Foundation published a report on loneliness, an appropriate time to raise awareness about this subject. The Government has now said it will act on…
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Spices – Could they have Nutritional Benefits?
January 29, 2018
Alteration in taste is relatively common in ageing and is often associated with other sensory impairments (like smell), poorer health and functional problems. Taste changes are amplified in those on multiple…
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Are Your Staff Taking an ‘Uninterrupted’ Rest Break?
January 29, 2018
In the recent case of Crawford v Network Rail Infrastructure UKEAT/0316/16 the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that an employee should be able to take their compensatory rest break in…
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Innovation: From the Printing Press to Adult Social Care
January 29, 2018
In 1440 Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press improved on existing machines and, 60 years later, 1,000 Gutenberg presses were operating in Europe. The printing press became important in the rise of…
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The Parliamentary Review of Health and Social Care in Wales – A Revolution from Within
January 29, 2018
On the 16th January 2018, the Welsh Government published the report on The Parliamentary Review of Health and Social Care in Wales. The interim report published in July 2017 put…
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