Advice and recommendations for tackling dementia, obesity and giving every child the best start in life. Everybody active, every day - an evidence-based approach to physical activity. Public Health England (PHE) are aiming to drive...
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Oral health is essential to the general health and quality of life for service users in receipt of health and social care services. It means being free from mouth and facial pain, oral and throat...
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One in three cases of dementia could be prevented if more people looked after their brain health throughout their life. This according to an international study in the Lancet. The study lists nine key risk...
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No single one of these signs means you should worry, if you have more than one symptom you should chat to your doctor. 10 early warning signs by The National Parkinson Foundation, an American Parkinson's...
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“In general” there can be no deprivation of liberty under human rights law in cases where a person is receiving lifesaving medical treatment. The landmark ruling was made in the case of a woman with...
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The HSE have revised First Aid training syllabuses following changes to The Resuscitation Council UK guidelines. As the Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) qualification covers CPR, and the EFAW forms the first unit of...
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Advice on managing your mental health by reducing stress, using exercise and mindfulness and later in life. The Mental Health Foundation has an amazing array of information to educate and assist you in with your...
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Explaining how to avoid, assess and reduce the risk of injury from manual handling. The publication aims to help employers, managers, safety officers, safety representatives, employees and others reduce the risk of injury from manual...
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Both CQC and AGGCC/CSSIW inspection results have reportedly been improving. Outstanding providers achieve high quality care by managing their resources well. Among the changes made by homes that had demonstrated improvement were investment in the...
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Moving and handling is a key part of daily activity in health and social care. The moving and handling of people if not done safely, can cause serious injury to service users and staff. You...
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