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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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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The Equality Act 2010 protects employees from disability related discrimination. This guide, produced by acas, provides a backdrop on how disability discrimination can occur in the workplace, how it can be dealt with and how...
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Meeting standards in terms of conduct and competence. Nearly 16,000 nurses and midwives will be the first to revalidate in April 2016. All 685,000 nurses and midwives on the NMC's register will go through the...
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Issued under the Care Act 2014 Department of Health, Chapter 14 replaces statutory guidance called 'No Secrets. The new law in England on safeguarding is set out in sections 42 –46 and Schedule 2 of...
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