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Person-Centred Cancer Care in Wales: Simple Steps – Big Difference
July 18, 2016
With lifetime prevalence moving towards 1 in 2, cancer care is likely to touch all of us at some point of our working lives. The high incidence also means many…
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Appreciative Inquiry
July 14, 2016
Living up to the image A number of years ago a study was carried out on schoolchildren’s self-image and how this could be changed. In summary, it appeared that labelling…
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Movie Time with the Mental Capacity Act
July 14, 2016
I’m really excited about the latest video on the SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) website. It’s called Using the Mental Capacity Act – which I grant you isn’t the…
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The Importance of Health Checks for People with Learning Disabilities
July 14, 2016
From the age of 14, people with learning disabilities should receive annual health checks from their GPs. Health checks are important to improve the health of people with learning disabilities.…
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NHS Data-Sharing Project Scrapped
July 14, 2016
Care.data The Department of Health in England is scrapping Care.data. It was a programme of work led by NHS England and the HSCIC which intended to bring together securely, health…
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It’s Good to Talk
July 14, 2016
For those of you old enough to remember Bob Hoskins advertising British Telecom ‘It’s good to talk’ was their strapline, it has stuck with me over the years and the…
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Playing with Risk
July 8, 2016
The Care Inspectorate, which is the care regulator in Scotland, has issued a position statement on risk taking in care services for children. The policy was launched in association with…
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Coffee and Cancer – It’s a Very Hot Topic
July 8, 2016
We clearly know we should avoid smoking and too much exposure to UV radiation from the sun because these can increase the risk of cancer. But perhaps something that we…
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