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FREE Webinar – Dementia care: Best practice in pain management

June 15, 2023
We bring you a FREE webinar, partnered with PainChek, where we will be discussing the challenges of assessing and managing pain for people living with cognitive impairments who cannot reliably…
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Health & Safety Podcast: Workplace Violence

June 13, 2023
This month’s episode explores workplace violence, particularly the warning signs to look out for and how to prevent and reduce the risk of workplace violence occurring. It’s important that employees…
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Monthly H&S Review – June 2023: Work-related violence

June 5, 2023
Download our monthly H&S review for June on ‘Work-related violence’ from our partner, AfterAthena, here DOWNLOAD NOW Alternatively, read it here:  What is workplace violence? The Health and Safety Executive…
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Health and Safety Alert: Care home sentenced for failing that led to resident’s death

June 5, 2023
A care home has been fined £20,000 for health and safety failings which led to the death of a vulnerable 90 year old man. The owner of the Residential Home…
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Health & Safety Podcast: Powered Transporters

June 5, 2023
This month, Neil Hughes-Hutchings, Head of Health and Safety, looks specifically at powered transporters, most specifically e-scooters and e-bikes which are the most common form, and explores the legislation surrounding…
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Latest Social Care Monthly Highlights (June 2023)

June 1, 2023
The policy of the month in June is the Dysphagia (Swallowing Difficulty) and Risk of Choking Policy and Procedure. Our team of experts have also reviewed and updated policies such…
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FREE Webinar – Swallowing difficulties in social care – the risks and how to manage them

May 18, 2023
We bring you a FREE webinar with Dysphagia Training Clinical Lead, Janne Schack, who will be discussing how swallowing can go wrong and what you can do to support someone…
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Latest Social Care Monthly Highlights (May 2023)

May 2, 2023
The policy of the month in May is the Information Standard Policy and Procedure. Our team of experts have also reviewed and updated policies such as the Health and Safety…
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