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The 2015/16 contract – what’s in store?

February 6, 2015
Key changes NHS Employers and the General Practitioners Committee of the BMA announced changes to the GMS contract in England for 2015/16 at the end of last year. The focus…
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Health and safety in care homes – part two

February 6, 2015
Part two of this article covers more areas of health and safety which need to be managed to ensure a safe working and home environment for staff, residents and visitors.…
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Flexible working options or fly-by-night?

February 6, 2015
News this week that the NHS has increased its spend on agency nurses reads like this is a negative thing. Are agency staff really that bad a thing? Apparently a…
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Interpreting what your workers say

February 6, 2015
I remember a Tribunal case some years ago, where the supervisor was deemed to have discriminated against an employee who was deaf and who depended on sign language. The investigation…
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Healthy opinion?

February 6, 2015
In the ‘old days’ we used to use the adage ‘an unhappy person tells 10 others about their experience, a happy person tells only 2’, the idea being that you…
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NCA Regional Symposium in Harrogate

February 4, 2015
You’re invited! The National Care Association (NCA) have asked us to let you know about the following event. The National Care Association’s Regional Symposium is coming to Harrogate with a…
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CQC Consultation: Ratings and minor amendments

February 4, 2015
From 1st April, 2015 if you’ve been awarded a rating by the CQC under their new inspection regime, you will be required to publically display it. The information you display…
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Improving services

January 30, 2015
I think the Government can draw much-needed lessons from two healthcare topics currently in the news. They seem different, but they show a worrying trend in how care support and…
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