Expert Insights

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…

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.…

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…

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…

I’ve often heard this from employees in disciplinary processes, as an obstacle to carrying out a legitimate request or as a defence for not doing so. Unsurprisingly it can bring…

Improving the quality and content of health plans for people with learning disabilities. The Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities (CIPOLD) report in March 2013 provided…

Loneliness and isolation doesn’t just affect our service users This week I have been meeting with the Senior Homecare workers and getting an update on the vital work they undertake.…

It`s so easy to lose track of why we do what we do.  What`s the point of being in practice?  If we dig down deep into the all the reasons…