Fire Safety: Are Care Homes Doing Enough To Protect Lives?
By Gavin Scarr Hall, Health & Safety Director at Peninsula (www.peninsulagrouplimited.com) Care homes occupy a unique space when it comes to fire safety. In most…
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Professional Comment
Social Media Strategy For The Care Sector: Valuable Lessons From Watermark Retirement Communities
By Alex Wedderburn, Senior Customer Account Manager, Hootsuite (www.hootsuite.com) Social media marketing is no longer a new profession; it has evolved into a vital business…
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Dynamic Lighting and Its Benefits to Dementia Patients
By Kate Turley, 1851 Royal Commission Industrial Fellow The continued growth of the ageing population comes with a number of health-related pressures. One of the…
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Cause For Hope Or Concern? What Social Care Will Look Like In 2024
By Sam Monaghan, Chief Executive of MHA The Prime Minister recently confirmed that we will see a General Election in the UK, at some point…
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Technology Enabled Care Will Be A Priority In 2024
By Steve Sawyer, Managing Director, Access Health, Support and Care The demand for care services continues to rise. Budgets are tighter, staffing levels are difficult…
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How to Approach Patient Handling In A Disability Care Setting
By Nick Horton, Managing Director, Select Lifestyles (www.selectlifestyles.co.uk) Moving and handling is a complex and sensitive element of care giving, requiring care providers to be…
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UK Government’s Changes To Skilled Worker Visa Salary Levels Set To Impact Care Sector
By Siobhan Owers and Ian Bell, Fragomen LLP (www.fragomen.com) In a plan to slash migration, the Home Secretary James Cleverly, announced on 5 December 2023…
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How to Better Support Those with Hearing Loss
Article written by Paul Harrison – Audiologist and Founder of Hearing Aid UK (www.hearingaid.org.uk) Improving the management of hearing loss among care home residents Supporting…
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Adult Social Care: Insights into the Year Ahead from RWK Goodman
RWK Goodman’s Health and Social Care team look at some key areas which may impact the Adult Social Care Sector in 2024. Data Protection, Cyber…
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Sustainable Workwear In The Care Sector
By Greg Houlston, General Manager at Alsico UK (www.alsico.co.uk) The UK’s ageing population has created an increased need for adult social care. In England alone,…
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Cause For Hope Or Concern? What Social Care Will Look Like In 2024
By Sam Monaghan, Chief Executive of MHA The Prime Minister recently confirmed that we will see a General Election in the UK, at some point…
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Why Demonstrating Leadership Matters In The Care Sector
By Emma O’Connor, Legal Director and Head of Training, Boyes Turner (www.boyesturner.com) We have own views as to what makes a “good” leader. We may…
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Weathering The Storm: How Can Care Operators Cope With Current Challenges?
By Jonathan Dunn, Partner in the Restructuring Advisory team at FRP Advisory (www.frpadvisory.com) and a qualified Accountant and Insolvency Practitioner. Much ink has been spilled…
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The Employment Landscape and How to Tackle the Big Changes
By Stephenie Malone, Legal Director at Harrison Clark Rickerbys (www.hcrlaw.com) As 2023 draws to a close the impact of Brexit and Covid may still be…
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Care As a Career – Not a Stepping Stone ‘Creating a Sustainable Skills Pipeline for Care’
By Ric Thompson, Managing Director – Health & Care at Advanced (www.oneadvanced.com) At the risk of stating the blindingly obvious, there is a serious staffing…
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