Fall Savers – Affordable Fall Monitoring Solution
Fall Savers, are an experienced market leading healthcare provider of resident safety solutions for over 15 years. FALL SAVERS WIRELESS MONITOR Eliminate all cables with…
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Health and Safety
Angloplas Dispensers Help Reduce the Risk of Cross Infection
Angloplas are a UK manufacturer who specialise in producing dispensers for the health and hygiene industry. Although these are designed to keep the workplace tidy…
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Unigloves Rebrands Its Derma Shield Workplace Skincare System
Hand Protection specialists Unigloves has rebranded its protective workplace skincare system – Derma Shield https://uk.unigloves.com/collections/derma-shield. Designed to protect the skin against common workplace irritants including…
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Fire Safety In Care Homes: How To Engage Your Team In This Vital Area
By Margaret Tempest, training lead at Church Farm Care, which provides specialist dementia care across several homes – www.churchfarmcare.co.uk Why is a detailed fire safety…
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Why Star Ratings Offer Peace of Mind for Residents and Providers
By Dan Sullivan, National Compliance Coordinator at NTH Solutions (www.nthsolutions.co.uk) The last two years have seen a new level of scrutiny on cleanliness and safety…
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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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New Toolkit to Support Safer Recruitment in the Care Sector
Social care employers are now able to access a new Better Hiring Toolkit which has been launched by the Disclosure and Barring Service. Safeguarding experts…
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Legionella Sampling: Part 2 – Technique & Chain of Custody
By Roy Sullivan / Authorising Engineer [Water], Water Hygiene Centre Ltd (www.waterhygienecentre.com) Last week we looked at the planning process required before any samples are…
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Safeguarding Employees Rights Within Care
By Toby Pochron, Employment Director at Freeths (www.freeths.co.uk) In this article we briefly explore the areas of Health and Safety, Working Time Regulations 1998 and…
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Five Things To Know About Data Breaches
By Aisha Akhtar, a Solicitor in the Corporate and Commercial team, and James Martin, an Associate Solicitor in the Commercial Dispute Resolution team, at Blacks…
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Fire Risk/Safety in Care Homes
By Kevin Irwin, Chartered Member of Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (CMIOSH), Arinite Health & Safety (www.arinite.co.uk) It is almost 20 years since the…
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New Initiative to Reduce the Impact of Infection in Care Homes
Care England, UCL (University College London), and The Outstanding Society (OS) have established a new partnership to tackle the problem of infections in care homes…
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How to Care for Your NHS Uniform
By Peter Gretton, Senior Fabric Technologist at Alexandra (www.alexandra.co.uk/garment-care.com) A clean and defect-free uniform provides the first step towards adequate infection prevention and control, something…
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Age Cymru Seeks Volunteers to Work in Care Homes Across Wales
During the height of the pandemic, Age Cymru delivered a Welsh Government funded pilot project to recruit and train volunteers to help visitors with PPE…
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Half of Older Patients’ Families Struggle to Complain About Poor Care in Hospital
Older vulnerable people are often reliant on relatives to raise concerns when things go wrong in hospital, yet over half (51%) of family members with…
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