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- May 30, 2022
- 3 min
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 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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- Aug 13, 2019
- 3 min
Covert administration of medicines should be last resort
It is important that staff who provide social care services understand that every person has the right to refuse their medicine, even if...
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- Jun 13, 2018
- 4 min
CQC Driving Improvement Report
Andrea Sutcliffe Chief Inspector of the CQC has stated that their work is guided by a simple principle – is this a service I would be...
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- May 31, 2018
- 3 min
NHS Digital innovation £1m up for grabs for adult social care technology pilots
The funding, provided by NHS Digital and managed by the Local Government Association (LGA), with support from the Association of...
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- May 16, 2018
- 4 min
A strategy for improving recruitment and retention of staff in social care services
In December last year, Health Education England published Facing the Facts, Shaping the Future: A Health and Care Workforce Strategy for...
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- Jan 3, 2018
- 4 min
The unfair practice of self-funding residents subsidising residents
The published report of the Competition and Markets Authority’s market study into residential and nursing care homes for older people...
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- Dec 21, 2017
- 1 min
It that time of year again – Looking back over 2017
Looking back over the year 2017 I have tried to bring to your attention articles and blogs that you might find interesting in the world...
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- Nov 16, 2017
- 4 min
Bullying and harassment in the social care workplace
In the past few weeks there are not many of us who have escaped media coverage on sexual harassment and bullying. The Harvey Weinstein...
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- Oct 11, 2017
- 4 min
CQC Social care services state of care 2014-2017
This recently published report by CQC makes interesting reading for Adult social care providers. In Angela Sutcliff’s (Chief Inspector...
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- Sep 11, 2017
- 2 min
Health and Social Care Apprenticeships
There is a growing concern amongst the Health and Social Care Sector that there is an acute shortage of skills and skilled staff at all...
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- Aug 2, 2017
- 3 min
The growing use of technology in the social care sector
The UK is struggling to cope with the demands of a rapidly ageing population with increasingly complex needs. This is exacerbated by a...
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- Nov 28, 2016
- 3 min
The prevention of scandal in social care services
I am sure that all those who work in social care services who strive to improve quality must have been appalled by this week’s report by...
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- Nov 9, 2016
- 2 min
Recruitment of Carers
There is no doubt that providers of care services will be very concerned about the recruitment of care workers prior to Brexit and when...
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- Mar 10, 2016
- 2 min
Is the Care Quality Commission Setting the Bar too high?
I recently visited the CQC website and was astounded to find that of 9,000 inspections of Care Homes carried out by inspectors against...
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- Jan 28, 2016
- 1 min
Dementia Care – importance of Culture, recruitment & staff monitoring
Recent reports in the press have once again highlighted abusive practise within the care sector which continues to damage the reputation...
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- Jan 22, 2016
- 1 min
Effective auditing in care: Reviewing the audit programme – part 13 of 13
This article is part 13 of 13 and is a guide to auditing for managers of care services such as residential homes for the elderly, the...
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- Jan 21, 2016
- 2 min
How can care providers comply with CQC fundamental standards?
Recent reports in the press continue to criticise care home providers for failing to comply with the requirements of the Fundamental...
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