Filter Posts:

Management and leadership
February 28, 2017
Managing and leading are important in the operation of care services. They are often seen as being combined in one person, the person in charge. However, it is useful to…
Read more

Welsh thoughts from Manchester
February 24, 2017
There’s nothing quite like travelling (across Offa’s Dyke) to sharpen the mind’s focus on domestic (Welsh) issues. I’m writing this from Manchester, where I’m the guest of a university department…
Read more

Vitamin D for a common cold?
February 24, 2017
Flu and other respiratory infections are a major cause of hospitalisation, morbidity and death among older people. Underlying chronic health conditions make service users both more susceptible and vulnerable to…
Read more

A Duty of Candour – being open and honest with patients
February 23, 2017
What is Expected? According to the General Dental Council, every healthcare professional must be open and honest with patients when a treatment does not go to plan and this leads…
Read more

Is it OK to charge extra when a resident is subject to a DoLS authorisation?
February 22, 2017
The magazine Community Care has published an article, written by Andy McNicoll, that is causing many of us to scratch our heads. This piece is about a care home that…
Read more

Creating Fair Workplaces
February 22, 2017
This month saw the update of the Equality and Diversity Policy and Procedure for all clients of QCS. A lot of employers are aware of the need to ensure fairness…
Read more

Risk Assessments – How do we create them…? Why do we need them…?
February 22, 2017
Some practices will undertake risk assessments annually, whilst some practices undertake them daily and/or monthly. But why do we need to carry out risk assessments? It certainly shouldn’t be…
Read more

Building partnership in Health and Social care services
February 22, 2017
Scottish legislation came into force in April 2016 to require health and social care services to be provided on an integrated basis across the country by local Health and Social…
Read more