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QCS 12 audit series: Understand why each audit is important and learn how to share your audit actions with the team – Resource 8: Nutrition and Hydration
December 18, 2023
Why do we need to complete audits? To achieve good governance in your service you must demonstrate continuous quality improvement. To do this, auditing and documenting the effectiveness of the…
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Changes to the National Minimum Wage – April 2024
December 14, 2023
On 21st November 2023, the Government announced it had accepted the Low Pay Commission’s recommendation on the rates for the National Living Wage (NLW) and the National Minimum Wage (NMW).…
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Be Aware – Changes to Holiday Entitlement Calculation and Pay
December 14, 2023
The Government has been consulting on the calculation of holiday entitlement and pay for workers who have irregular hours of work and zero-hour workers. As a result of the consultations,…
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Monthly H&S Review – December 2023: CQC Quality Statements – Safe Environments
December 8, 2023
‘Safe environments’ is one of the quality statements under the key question of safe from the Care Quality Commission. Quality statements are the commitments that health and social providers should live up to. The quality statements are part of the CQC’s new Single Assessment Framework which has been introduced as part of a phased approach from November 2023 until the end of March 2024.
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QCS 12 audit series: Understand why each audit is important and learn how to share your audit actions with the team – Resource 7: Care Planning
December 6, 2023
Why do we need to complete audits? To achieve good governance in your service you must demonstrate continuous quality improvement. To do this, auditing and documenting the effectiveness of the…
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7 Actions Health and Social Care Providers can take on World AIDS Day
December 1, 2023
So here we are on World AIDS Day 2023, four decades after the onset of the AIDS epidemic. The first case of HIV in the UK was identified in December…
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Latest Social Care Monthly Highlights (December 2023)
December 1, 2023
The policy of the month in December is the Service User Care Planning Policy and Procedure. Our team of experts have also reviewed and updated policies such as the Parental…
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QCS Wins Supplier of the Year at the National Care Awards 2023
November 29, 2023
QCS Wins Supplier of the Year at the National Care Awards 2023 Recognised for its outstanding contribution to the care industry Uxbridge, 29th November 2023: QCS is proud to announce…
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