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Post-Easter, Too-Much–Chocolate Dietary Musings

April 24, 2014
Do we have a responsibility to help Service Users manage their weight? When ‘plump’ becomes unhealthy, or downright risky, we need to consider how we tackle this very sensitive issue.…
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The Importance of Privacy

April 23, 2014
David Moyes sacked! The papers stated this would happen, and it did! Would it be classed ‘OK’ for an employee to find out they were to be dismissed before it…
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Inconsistency May Cost You Dearly

April 17, 2014
In a recent case involving Peacock Stores, employees were able to claim far more in redundancy pay than the Stores had originally envisaged. A lack of consistency in approach to…
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It’s Easter – Time to talk about Chocolate

April 17, 2014
Over 80 million chocolate eggs are sold at Easter time – that’s a lot of chocolate! Chocolate is frequently associated with increased weight gain, but surprisingly there are also some…
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No One Told Me That

April 17, 2014
Sorry, this is a technical blog with a lot of ‘dentist speak’ in it, but others might be interested in the gist of it.  Today, I saw a patient with…
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Come on you Blues?

April 16, 2014
Supporting your team is more than just watching on telly. The buzz and atmosphere of a match viewed from the stands is every fan’s dream Saturday, so why isn’t it…
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Dementia Care: Life History

April 16, 2014
A programme of care for an individual living with dementia would have life history as need number one – this is your touchstone – know the persons linear history. What…
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Will New GP Service Reduce Unplanned Emergency Admissions?

April 16, 2014
What’s it all about? A new unplanned admissions Direct Enhanced Service (DES) has been introduced as part of yet another move to reduce unnecessary emergency admissions to secondary care. The…
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