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Is your care home eligible for free iPads?
The coronavirus crisis has had severe repercussions on every industry, but the care sector has been especially hard hit. With…
Flexible care home consultancy – when you need it
At Fulcrum Care Limited, we pride ourselves on our flexibility, adaptability and commitment to driving your care home forwards. Last…
Should care and support workers be registered?
In Wales, home care workers will have to register from 2020 and this will extend to care home staff from…
Manager as a Coach – MAC
The purpose of being the MAC in a business context is to help employees consider how they might work and…
How to get the most out of an inspection
What does a good inspection look and feel like? CQC have published this document on the 23rd July 2020 after…
Developing and living your mission, vision, and values statements of your care home
Having visited hundreds of care settings over the years, I have recently been thinking more about why clear visions and…
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) preparedness audit
It is inevitable that when CQC resumes inspections, after easing of lockdown rules, they are likely to focus on infection prevention and…
Care Home Staff Development
Following my last blog on the difference between training, learning and competence I thought I would write about staff development.…
Training, learning, competence, what’s the difference?
So, is it just about delivering the right range of training courses at the right intervals? No CQC Regulation 18…
CQC to Restart Inspections
The following news article appeared on the CQC website on the 17 June ‘‘Regulation during COVID-19 why raising concerns about…
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