Under a new scheme set out by the Government, care providers have been given a year to identify how much back-pay they owe ‘sleep-in’ care workers, and a further three months to pay off the arrears. Charities have criticised this announcement, particularly Mencap who warn that organisations signing up to the scheme could be ‘writing …
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CQC’s function is to inspect health and social care settings, to encourage improvement and take action where failings have been identified. The size of the task that they undertake is large and progress as against its function is predicated on the ability to objectively assess each provider on their merits or otherwise. The report conducted …
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Our service is undergoing many changes after being recommissioned and we haven’t enough hours in the day. We are very short staffed and a CQC inspection is the last thing we need – we haven’t even time to complete the paperwork. Are we legally obliged to comply with the CQC’s timescale? The short answer is …
How do I manage the relative from hell? You’ve all had one! Turns up at antisocial hours! Interferes in care; upsets the staff; makes constant complaints without basis; instructs care changes against professional advice. These are difficult problems and need firm and fair handling. Make sure you document any event- facts, times and dates (use …
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Between 1995 and 1997 I was engaged in working on 2 hospital PFI schemes. Both went on to complete – one harshly held back by the purdah period that preceded Tony Blair’s first Labour administration. In a sense this was a tall order, an initiative that linked Private Finance with Public Health (the NHS) was …
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