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Quality Compliance Systems Ltd (QCS) Articles
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Supporting person-centred care during COVID-19 in Scotland
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 ...
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Top 10 Tips to improve flu vaccine uptake in care home and home care staff
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. ...
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Diabetes and COVID-19
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 ...
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How effective is fogging in fighting Coronavirus?
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 ...
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Dementia: Appearance Matters
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 ...
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Preparing to be inspired
In this Learning Disability Week in Scotland, it is good to welcome the ‘My Life, My Choice ‘ organisation as a partner with QCS in improving quality of care services. The week in Scotland was co-ordinated by the Scottish Commission for ...
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The cost of failure
You may not have heard of the hundred families’ organisation. They are involved in campaigning, training and offering support to families bereaved where the victim has been killed by someone in the care of mental health services. They have ...
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Monitoring an employee’s emails and the right to privacy
In January this year (see “Monitoring employees’ use of the internet – the reality” from 31st January 2016 for the details) we reported on the European Court of Human Rights decision in Barbulescu v Romania surrounding the ...
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Consistency in terminal care?
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 ...