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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- Jul 18, 2018
- 3 min
Extending the range of social activities in care homes
It has long been known that activity helps to sustain both physical and mental health, so it is important that older people living in...
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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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- Jun 5, 2018
- 4 min
Communicating with someone with dementia
Before you speak Make sure you’re in a good place to talk – quiet, with good lighting and without too many distractions (e.g. no radio or...
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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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- Dec 1, 2017
- 2 min
Community Mental Healthcare Sees No Improvements, Report Reveals
People’s experiences of community mental healthcare services across England have not improved over the last couple of years – and in...
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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 19, 2017
- 4 min
New innovation to improve the lives of people with dementia
Manchester University Institute for Dementia are pushing the boundaries out to bring about new innovative thinking to improve the lives...
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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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- Oct 2, 2017
- 3 min
Musical activities improve cognitive abilities and memory recall of people with dementia
Musical activities have been shown to improve the cognitive abilities and memory recall of people with dementia Staff in care homes are...
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- Sep 20, 2017
- 3 min
CQC has increased enforcement action through new powers
In the past year, there is evidence that the CQC have used new powers that have resulted in an increase in enforcement action by 75%...
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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 30, 2017
- 4 min
Can Yoga benefit people with dementia in care homes?
Introducing physical activity into the routine of those living in residential care homes can be seen to be beneficial to both them and...
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- Aug 9, 2017
- 3 min
Transfer delays from hospital to social care impacts mental health of older people
Delaying transfers from hospitals to social care is having a tragic impact on the mental health and wellbeing of older people The...
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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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