CQC’s view of the State of Care in England

Source: CQC Earlier this month, CQC published State of Care, an annual assessment of health and social care in England. CQC’s annual assessment evaluates the current state of England’s health and social care landscape in depth to help identify trends, share...

Employers Guide to Universal Credit

SOURCE: Department for Work and Pensions Those who attended any of our study days on how Universal Credit affects care staff may remember we had discussed the concerns around the upcoming transfer to Universal Credit, especially staff on low pay or zero hour...

Malnutrition Awareness Week

Commencing 1st October How can you support Malnutrition Awareness week? One in ten people over the age of 65 are malnourished, or at risk of malnutrition. Despite these statistics, the majority of healthy eating messages focus on weight loss and obesity. The British...

Important update regarding ‘DNACPR’ Forms

Source: CCG’s As you may already be aware, the local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG’s) have recently been working to update the local ‘Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation’ (DNACPR) policy forms in the community and Hospital trusts. Since the launch of the...