The important Duty of Candour 1
Health and social care professionals have long held the duty to practice in the best interests of the service user. it is increasingly evident, that the CQC,...
The Service user care plan: 10 alarming mistakes care staff can avoid
Care plans, be they on paper or digital, form the backbone of the plan of support care for any service user whether they are cared for in a care home setting or at home. Done properly, they can create a very useful template for...
Complete Care Home Records: 4 good reasons for writing it down?
Perhaps the biggest pain that registered managers in any service suffer is that of trying to get staff to engage in care home records keeping and to do so in real time. As a senior carer or manager, perhaps you have had more...
Dignity Action Day 2023 Adding Value to Care
February 1st 2023 is dignity action day, something we all can stand behind and something people working in health and social care like to talk about frequently, “we provide dignified care”, “dignity is at the...
Beating the 13 CQC Fundamental Standards: Food and Drink
In previous blogs in this series, we have taken a look at the CQC fundamental standards, which are the standards below which your care must never fall, https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/fundamental-standards. To date we have...