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Part of what makes Bettal Quality Consultancy such a highly recommended service provider, is our commitment to staying 100% up to date with everything that’s taking place in the care industry – from changes in CQC regulations to new legislation passed by the UK government.
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- Sep 6, 2022
- 3 min
The importance of good records to achieving compliance to CQC Standards
Here at Bettal Quality Consultancy we have always recognised the importance of records to our Cared4 Quality Management System. In the...
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- Aug 16, 2022
- 3 min
The vulnerability of paid live-in migrant care workers in London to modern slavery
According to a research study carried out by Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham, poor working conditions, insecure employment and...
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- Jun 22, 2022
- 3 min
Are care home providers in Wales keeping to their contracts?
Care home providers in Wales have been criticised for charging top up fees to residents for taking them to medical appointments. Sue...
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- May 30, 2022
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Understanding the difference between policies, procedures, protocols, and guidance, PPPGs
It is now over two years since I wrote the blog on ‘understanding the difference between policies, procedures, protocols, and guidance,...
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- May 26, 2022
- 3 min
Demand for homecare set to outstrip care home placements
The impact of Covid continues to have severe consequences for care homes. According to a new report from care introductory agency, Elder,...
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- May 17, 2022
- 3 min
Are you paying too much for your policies and procedures?
A quality management documentation system (policies and procedures) is key to the operation of any social care service. Indeed, the...
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- Mar 22, 2022
- 2 min
Bettal success in supporting homecare providers to achieve registration
This year we have seen here at Bettal Quality Consultancy a rapid increase in the number of potential homecare providers seeking our...
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- Feb 24, 2022
- 4 min
Trials, tribulations, and rewards of a homecare worker
I recently read an article in the Guardian by Sirin Kale who describes the life of Chevonne Baker, a home care worker, that provides an...
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- Jan 19, 2022
- 3 min
Director’s survey shows home care agencies are closing despite increase in demand
The response to a survey carried out by the Directors of Adult Social Care Services in November into home care services, demonstrates a...
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- Oct 28, 2021
- 3 min
Should Sajid Javid be lecturing unpaid carers about looking after their loved ones?
I was rather taken aback by Sajid Javid preposterous announcement at the Conservative party conference when he said people shouldn’t...
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- Sep 29, 2021
- 3 min
Improving the understanding of how pain affects people with dementia
Pain is one of the most common symptoms that people with dementia experience. However, often it is poorly recognised and undertreated in...
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- Sep 1, 2021
- 3 min
Care homes urging the government to fast track visas of foreign workers
It is crunch time for social care providers in trying to encourage their staff to have the vaccine by September 16th so they are fully...
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- Aug 27, 2021
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Bettal’s overwhelming success in supporting homecare providers to achieve registration
Bettal Quality Consultancy has a record of providing quality management systems (policies and procedures) to the social care sector for...
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- Jul 2, 2021
- 3 min
Adapting new ways to achieve home care growth during the pandemic
Among all the doom and gloom, we have all experienced during the pandemic it was good to hear that some providers have adapted new ways...
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- May 28, 2021
- 3 min
Domiciliary care for vulnerable dental patients
I read with some interest an article by Debbie Ganguli domiciliary care dentist describing the challenges faced by dentists when...
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- Mar 16, 2021
- 4 min
How the pandemic has changed the lives of domiciliary care workers
During the pandemic the media have given a great deal of coverage to the excellent work carried out by NHS and care home staff. But I...
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- Jan 25, 2021
- 3 min
Why are some social care staff refusing to get vaccination?
At a time when we learn from the media that people over the age of eighty cannot wait for the time when they are given the opportunity to...
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- Jun 30, 2020
- 3 min
The government fails to stockpile personal protective clothing
The availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health and care staff both before and during the Covid-19 pandemic has become...
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- Apr 27, 2020
- 3 min
Perceptions of life in the COVID-19 Corona Virus pandemic
It is often said that when cataclysmic event occurs in our society it is something to remember, that in time we will tell our...
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