The care sector skills shortage has been spoken about for some time. Employers are finding it increasingly hard to retain the best people. Coupled with long onboarding times this can cause owners and managers real resourcing problems. With staff turnover ...
Read More »How to Prevent Injury as a Carer in the Workplace
Lifting and manual labour is a part of many carers’ day-to-day responsibilities, and with this comes the risk of injury and accident. Learning how to prevent these injuries and where to recognise the likelihood of them occurring is an essential ...
Read More »Nurseplus Importance of Being #CareAware
According to the CQC, a survey which polled over 1,000 adults who were responsible for choosing care either for themselves or a loved one over the last three years, highlighted that 70% of people found it more stressful than choosing ...
Read More »CCTV In Care Homes
In May this year, former Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, called for a legal requirement for every care home in Britain to be fitted with surveillance cameras to protect residents. He suggested that: “Requiring the public parts of care homes to ...
Read More »Wider Issues Around Registration for CQC Regulated Bodies Following Case of Convicted 82-yr-old Able to Register as Care Home Manager
By Laura Hannah, associate solicitor at national law firm Stephensons It was recently reported that an 82-year-old woman was permitted to register as a manager of a 25 bed care home for elderly residents by the Care Quality Commission (‘CQC’) ...
Read More »Surewise – Carers & Personal Assistance Insurance
In 2017, research conducted for carers week found that 74% of the UK public feel that carers are not sufficiently valued by society, with an even higher 83% of those who have previously had a caring role agreeing that carers ...
Read More »uComply – Immigration Compliance Made Simple
Our working population has never been so high at over 31 million which is good news, right? How do we perceive the management of our most precious resource, our staff? • Have your resources increased • Have your budgets increased ...
Read More »Buying Or Selling A Care Home? – Make Sure You Consider The Legal Necessities
Buying or selling a care home requires input from specialist legal advisors to ensure that you do not fall foul of the various regulatory hurdles you will need to overcome. It is essential to ensure that you appoint lawyers who ...
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