Updated Guidance on CCTV / Surveillance Cameras

If there is CCTV installed, the Care/Nursing home must gain consent from their residents. If a person is unable to consent to the CCTV/Surveillance, then a mental capacity assessment and best interests’ decision needs to be completed and evidenced for each person this...

Curious about care

Values-based recruitment is essential to ensuring you employ a compassionate, person-centred workforce that is committed to providing quality care. It can be tricky to know how to assess a candidate’s values and whether they align with those of your organisation....

CQC study – Adult trans pathway

In May 2022 the CQC published guidance on the adult trans care pathway. They are currently looking for examples of good practices for providing care to trans people on the trans care pathway, outside of specialised gender dysphoria clinics, specifically in the...

Important changes to Heath-Health Alert and Cold weather Alert system

Message issued 21/04/2023 From 1st June 2023 the Weather-Health Alerts (Heat-Health and Cold Weather) will be changing. The alerts will move to improved impact-based alerting, indicating potential health-sector impacts and likelihood of those impacts occurring based...