Supporting feedback and complaints and duty of candour incidents across health and social care
Working in partnership, the Scottish Government, NHS Education for Scotland, Scottish Social Services Council, Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, the Care Inspectorate and Healthcare Improvement Scotland are delivering four conferences across the country for all relevant health and social care staff including independent contractors and care providers.
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MHRA Alert
Performance Health: Patterson Walking Frame Wheeled Narrow Medium
13 December 2017
Walking aids, walking frames
MHRA reference: 2017/011/008/401/013
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Developing a new Quality Indicator framework
What is the Care Inspectorate doing?
The Care Inspectorate is changing how we inspect regulated services. This will begin with care homes for older people, in April 2018, and will be followed by a phased approach for all other service types during 2018/2019. We are currently piloting a new Quality Indicator framework in 21 care homes for older people and will evaluate the findings in early January.
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Blog: We need to continue to challenge the expectations of what it means to live with dementia
When I joined the Care Inspectorate in January 2013 one of the first conversations I had with colleagues was about building on the work of Remember I’m Still Me, a thematic piece of research on dementia in care homes published in 2009 by the Mental Welfare Commission and the then Care Commission.Read more
Skin examination and identifying pressure damage
NHS Fife have produced a Pressure Ulcer education video 'Top to Toe' for nursing and care staff which covers the key points of carrying out a skin assessment and identifying early pressure damage.
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