Quality Compliance Systems Ltd (QCS) articles

The media have highlighted some of the novel and selfless ways in which care staff have been supporting service users during lockdown, and the various tiered and phased systems put in place during this pandemic. The aim has been to mitigate isolation, promote activities and continue to provide person centred care.

Part of the methodology of improvement is to use the PDSA Model (Plan, Do, Study, Act) and use (small) tests of change. This approach has been used by the Scottish Governmen

This year is not a typical year. On average, flu kills over 11,000 people each year and hospitalises many more. The potential impact of flu and COVID-19 circulating at the same time this year has the potential to take many more lives.

‘Protect yourself, your family and our patients from flu this winter’ is the theme for the seasonal influenza campaign this year and with the current uptake of the flu vaccine anecdotally being reported by social care managers as low among th

As we celebrate World Diabetes Day its theme this year is more poignant than ever. Focusing on ‘the nurse and diabetes’, in a year which has seen us being hit by a COVID pandemic and our health service being challenged more than ever, it seems a fitting tribute to celebrate and shine a light on nurses in this way. And as the management of diabetes continues to be an important part

Infections in care homes and other social care settings can adversely affect the most vulnerable in society, including those who care for and support them. With a prevalent virus which scientists are still learning about and no vaccine yet available to combat the spread, what control measures can managers put in place to mitigate the spread from COVID-19?

The Spread of Covid-19

COVID-19 has an incredibly fast reproduction rate, with the droplets from coughing,

There seems to be plenty of practical advice out there on dressing someone with dementia. Providing clothes that are easy to get on and off for toileting, velcro slippers, laying clothes out in the right order for dressing. Most of this advice is about convenience. We might allow our clients to make a choice between a blue cardigan or a pink one, but do we really consider how much appearance actually matters to someone with dementia?

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The CQC Notification

We had our CQC inspection this week and if it hadn’t have been for the fact that we were notified of the visit the day before we were to move to a new clinical computer system (SystmOne) we might not have felt quite so anxious about our impending visit! Whilst everything we do is in preparation for an inspection there’s nothing like a deadline to bring all those things on the ‘to do’ list to the ‘to do right now

When I moved house I registered with a new dentist. I asked if they treated people with learning disabilities. The receptionist told me that they did so I made an appointment.

Before the dentist started looking at my teeth, I asked her if she knew what it meant when I raised my hand. She said she didn’t. I explained that this i

The UK Employment Appeals Tribunal has also now considered the interaction between an employer’s monitoring of emails and Article 8 of the European Convention on Hum

A research study has been published by the Primary palliative care research group in Scotland, jointly carried out between Lothian NHS, the University of Edinburgh, and the Marie Curie charity. It found the need for more consistency in care and treatment at an earlier stage in terminal illness. Improvement in service has occurred, and the Scottish Government is funding further improvement under its strategy, but the study found a wide variation across nine practices in the area. A conce