Professional Comment

By Steve Turner, nurse prescriber and Managing Director of Care Right Now CIC

It is now common for clinicians to carry out consultations with patients over the ‘phone or online.

By Jane Clarke, BSc (Hons) SRD DSc – Founder of Nourish by Jane Clarke www.nourishbyjaneclarke.com

I’ve been a nutritionist for 30 years

by Dwayne Cook (Head of Care Interiors at Spearhead – www.spearheadhealthcare.com)

Choosing Care Home furniture can be an extensive and quite expensive process

By Philippa Shirtcliffe, QCS, Head of Care Quality

The UK may have escaped a no-deal Brexit, but even with an agreement secured, care providers across the UK

By Derek Ching, partner in the commercial property team at Boyes Turner (www.boyesturner.com)

The care home market is expected to be buoyant in 2021. If you are considering buying a care home, there are various issues you should consider.

By Kate Palmer, HR Advice and Consultancy Director at Peninsula (www.peninsulagrouplimited.com)

Despite employers’ measures to ensure that their workplace is COVID secure

By Nick Sanderson, CEO Audley Group (www.audleygroup.com)

Care workers and those within the NHS have worked tirelessly throughout 2020.

By Andrew Kays, Chief Operating Officer, Socura

It’s been a challenging year for the care sector. But cyber- criminals are not known for their compassion. As more businesses look to technology

By Sumathi Sinnappan, dysphagia specialist and speech and language therapist.

With three quarters of care home residents reported to suffer from dysphagia, these are worrying times.

By Ben Kilbey – Business Development Manager, Spearhead Healthcare

The last thing any care home wants to have to deal with is an elderly resident falling in their home. However, with over 255,000 hospital

By Steve Morgan, Partnership Director, Agilisys (www.agilisys.co.uk)

Covid-19 has turned the daily rhythms and routines of everybody upside down, not least of which those within the nursing

By Stephanie Vaughan-Jones, Moneypenny (www.moneypenny.com)

The care sector has faced enormous pressures this year – all under the spotlight of the world’s media.

By Jonathan Landau, barrister at 5 Essex Court (www.5essexcourt.co.uk)

Vaccinations of care home residents have begun. In 2013 the Alzheimer’s Society estimated that 70 – 80 percent of care home residents have dementia

By Dr. Paul Nelson, medical doctor, clinical epidemiologist and Public Health Consultant, is the founder of FeverFreeZoneTM (https://www.feverfree.zone), and an expert in Covid-19 mitigation strategy.

By Richard Taylor, BGF (www.bgf.co.uk)

From one day to the next the goalposts change. The unpredictable nature of 2020 has made managing a healthcare business extremely challenging.