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- Sep 20, 2022
- 3 min
Social Care’s unsustainable reliance on agency staff needs urgent government intervention
As providers of social care services continue their struggle to recruit more staff there is increasing evidence of more reliance on...
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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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- Sep 1, 2022
- 3 min
Will NHS bed blocking lead to greater investment in social care?
A report in the media last weekend highlighted claims of NHS leaders that bed blocking in hospitals is hampering the efforts to combat...
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- Aug 25, 2022
- 3 min
Intelligent Living Media forecasts increasing demand for social care
A report by Intelligent Living Media gives an insight into the state of the social care market and a business forecast for the future of...
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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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- Aug 4, 2022
- 3 min
Health and Social Care Committee report, on workforce: recruitment, training and retention in hea...
The Health and Social Care Committee Report (HSCC) 25th July 2022 calls for the government to provide its workforce plan for the NHS and...
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- Jul 21, 2022
- 3 min
ADASS Spring budget Survey warns of challenging times ahead
The ADASS, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, in its Spring Survey 2022, is warning that the year ahead will be the...
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- Jul 1, 2022
- 3 min
New government strategy for rapid digitisation of social care
A new data in health strategy, Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data, was published 13 June 2022.The strategy is...
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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
- 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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- May 12, 2022
- 3 min
Migration Advisory Committee Report puts pressure on Government to improve social care workers pa...
The recent report by the Migration Advisory Committee spells out to the Government in no uncertain terms that the recruitment of social...
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- May 5, 2022
- 3 min
How can we prevent the exodus of social care staff to better paid jobs?
Social care staff are leaving the sector in droves for better-paid jobs in supermarkets, retail and hospitality is fuelling the worst NHS...
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- Apr 15, 2022
- 3 min
Health and social Care levy not a panacea but a step forward
Few would argue with the aim of Prime Minister, Boris Johnson who said: “Our reforms will end the cruel lottery of spiralling and...
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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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- Mar 7, 2022
- 3 min
Preparing financial advisers on advising people about the financial cost of living with dementia
From a social care perspective meeting the health and care needs of those who require home care services is a fundamental priority. But...
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- Mar 1, 2022
- 3 min
Edinburgh's Social Care Crisis
Politicians in Edinburgh are up in arms about what they see is a social care crisis in the city. The situation is so bad that that the...
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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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- Feb 15, 2022
- 3 min
What does the white paper ‘Joining up care for people’ mean for adult social care
The Government have recently issued a new White Paper ‘Health and social care integration: joining up care for people, places and...
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