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Primary Care Scrutiny under the Five Year Forward View – Part 3: Funding & Commissioning
September 5, 2015
The House of Commons health committee recently launched an inquiry into primary care which includes scrutiny of GP pay and workload. The inquiry, which launched at the end of July,…
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Safety during a day trip
September 4, 2015
When the sun’s shining is a time when most service users in healthcare environments enjoy a day out into the local community or further afield. A well-planned day trip provides…
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Acting appropriately
September 4, 2015
A new Home Office report has highlighted a gap in the protection of vulnerable people who find themselves being interviewed by the police. Since the Police and Criminal Evidence Act…
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Friends and Family Test (FFT) for your dental team
September 3, 2015
If following the introduction of the Friends and Family Test in April 2015, your practice is one of the many who have been delighted to find how highly their patients…
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Be careful of making a dismissal in heat of the moment!
September 2, 2015
A recent case, Townsend v Commercial Storage Limited, where an employee was held to have been unfairly dismissed during an argument, acts as a timely reminder to avoid being drawn…
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No care without me…?
September 2, 2015
Taking note of every edict from Central Government or the Welsh assembly can often feel like entering a labyrinth, with seemingly little content that is relevant at the level of…
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Skills Gap – an excuse to profit?
September 1, 2015
Most care service managers will tell you that when it comes to nursing staff, there is a small pool of talent and a huge amount of competition. As a consequence…
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End of Life Care – More care, less pathway
September 1, 2015
As more of us live longer, the awareness of the greater complexity of need in the last days, months and years of life has increased. This, together with the projected…
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