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‘Let’s Haggle….’ The weird world of commissioner/provider relationships
December 27, 2013
Can we really be altruistic about care provision where profit is involved, and how can we work more effectively with those who buy our services? I have been accused in…
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New Year Resolutions
December 27, 2013
Here we go again! At the beginning of 2013, my resolutions remained intact for at least a week which I actually thought was pretty good going. I stayed off sticky…
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GP practices are not always doing the necessary employment checks – CQC
December 23, 2013
In order to demonstrate compliance with the performance standard of CQC, NHS funded providers should be able to show that they comply with the’ NHS Employment Checks Standards’. Check the…
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Handling Complaints
December 23, 2013
What is a complaint? For most of us working as care providers the word ‘complaint’ fills us with trepidation and we often feel defensive when someone lets us know they…
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It’ll be lonely this Christmas
December 20, 2013
I love getting out and about to meet service users and family members and hearing their experiences of homecare however due to the busy and often hectic nature of the…
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When Guidelines Make Sense for Both Dentists and Dietitians
December 19, 2013
Both UK and World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines recommend that free or added sugars (Non-milk extrinsic sugars or NMES) intakes are limited to less than 10% of total energy intake.…
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All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth
December 19, 2013
Dentists have heard it before! Every year, at this same time, patients appear with a strange affliction. You all know where I`m going with this. Typically, it starts with us…
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Chaperones, a Breach of Privacy?
December 18, 2013
Why should we have Chaperones? Theoretically a chaperones principal purpose is to protect, reassure and support the patient. In truth though the usual purpose is to protect the clinician against…
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