Don’t miss the care Forum this October
With the care sector facing so many challenges post-Brexit, we’d like to offer the opportunity to simplify at least one area of your business. If you’re a senior care professional, you are invited to attend the Care Forum as our guest. Taking place on October 5th & 6th at Whittlebury Park, Northamptonshire, the Care Forum […]
Ending no time to care with remote monitoring
The financial pressures on the NHS are severe, and show little sign of easing, especially as hospital attendances and admissions continue to rise. Clinicians don’t have time to care when they are understaffed and under financed. With one in five of the population now over 65, every part of the health service is being compromised by models […]
CASE STUDY: Challenging CQC ratings
By Stephensons Our specialist lawyers were recently instructed to draft factual accuracy comments for a residential care home following a comprehensive inspection, which saw the home’s ratings drop from an overall ‘outstanding’, consisting of three ‘outstanding’ and two ‘good’ ratings, to three ‘requires improvement’ ratings and two ‘good’. The CQC stated within the draft report […]
CareShield Case Study: Sussex Healthcare
Providing care services for over 35 years, Sussex Healthcare has 16 care homes across the UK offering specialist care for older people, dementia care, neurological care and PMLD care. Business Challenges: Compliance training for safe and effective service delivery. Staff recruitment and retention. Solutions: CareShield technology and online learning courses. Implementation of CareShield in January […]
Could taking Service Directories mainstream be a step towards improving our social care service?
By Paul Tomlinson, Managing Director of IEG4 It was a hotly debated topic in the recent election and the subject of focus in the Prime Ministers recent Queen’s Speech. Social care funding is under the microscope like never before. In her thought-provoking TedTalk, entitled ‘Social Services Are Broken. How Can We Fix Them?’, author Hilary […]
CASE STUDY: Ablyss Care Management System at Prospect House
Prospect House is a 65 bedded residential and nursing home with EMI services based in the centre of Malpas, Cheshire. Prospect House is one of only a few homes in Cheshire to have achieved ‘Platinum’ status at the National Gold Standard Framework Awards. “CMS has been instrumental in our achieving the accreditation,” said Joanne Scott, […]
Do you have a Net Zero strategy?
The UK has become the first major economy to pass laws requiring all greenhouse gas emissions to be net zero by 2050. The electricity grid is decarbonising (its carbon intensity has dropped by over 50% since 2011 to where it is today – 254 g CO2 per kWh) and is forecast to drop another 50% by 2030. Grid […]
Saving money using Artificial Intelligence
By OnSite Energy Projects We are used to BMS (building management systems) to control buildings, and spreadsheets to analyse data. Both of these require human input (and are prone to human error). So does Artificial Intelligence have any role to play, and could it save money? Firstly, what is AI? “Artificial Intelligence” (“AI”) is software […]
Care facilities 2020 buying trends revealed
Sensory Gardens, Fire Management, Hoists/Lifts and general Sensory equipment top the list of solutions the UK’s care facilities procurement professionals are sourcing in 2020. The findings have been revealed after the last Care Forum and are based on delegate requirements at the 2019 event. Delegates registering to attend the event were asked which areas they […]
Successfully challenging CQC inspection reports – Stephensons can help you!
By Stephensons At Stephensons, our specialist CQC lawyers regularly assist care providers nationwide to challenge their CQC inspection reports during the factual accuracy and ratings review processes. In particular, we have achieved success at persuading the CQC to amend, and even remove, parts of an inspection report prior to publication, as well as withdraw entire […]
