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What’s in a name? and why do CQC care?
March 16, 2017
Darlin’ When I gave birth to my first child, the midwife did not say my name. I was ‘darlin’, even when I was actually giving birth all I could hear…
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Dress codes, tattoos, piercings and discrimination
March 16, 2017
Many employers in the care sector will have considered and may even already implement a dress code in the workplace. Applying dress codes fairly across a number of employees from…
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Transforming Care: Using Principles to Remember What is Important
March 15, 2017
In our last post, we talked about the awful treatment that people with learning disabilities can get in large hospitals, such as St Andrews Hospital, which was recently reported by…
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Patients with severe gag reflexes
March 15, 2017
A normal gag reflex is designed to protect the airway and prevent choking and foreign objects entering the airway. Around one third of people do not have a gag reflex.…
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Manual Handling – have you considered the risk?
March 15, 2017
Introduction Accidents from poor manual handling techniques is attributed to around 30% of all accidents in the UK and approximately 11% of all manual handling accidents in the UK…
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A preventive approach to homelessness
March 15, 2017
The Government last year announced a program to reduce the problem of homelessness, recognising this as a major issue for families and individuals caught up in the problem. It was…
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Nutrition and Hydration Week 2017: 13th – 19th March
March 10, 2017
It’s Nutrition and Hydration week again! The week aims to highlight, promote and celebrate improvements in the provision of nutrition and hydration locally, nationally and globally. In the week, many…
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The Apprenticeship Levy
March 9, 2017
In May 2014 the Government produced a BIS Report on Employer Investment in Apprenticeships in the Health Sector and reported that there were 52,000 apprentices commencing work based training…
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