All health and social care providers need a good number of care policies to demonstrate to their regulators that the care they offer is safe, caring, effective, responsive and well led,...
In so many of the registered manager forums all of the talk is about utilities. Some of this is about the cost of electric and gas while other managers are starting to get concerned about issues relating to the potential for...
With the new single assessment framework about the launch, it is important that registered managers and nominated individuals familiarize themselves not only with the quality statements – see our previous blog:...
The thing about planning, especially contingency planning, is that it has to happen before the issue strikes otherwise it is not planning it is reacting. The thing about reacting is that it is harder to do than plan and...
When care and support planning for a service user, there is a structure to the approach nursing and care staff should use which will ensure the care plan is fit for purpose. It does not matter if the care plan is on paper or a...
As a nurse, one of the questions I am frequently asked by other nurses is “why would you want to work in social care?”. Well after more than 30 years as a qualified nurse and having worked in the acute sector,...