THE WEEKEND HANDOVER 27th may Insight, Mental Health / By Dean Malpass Five Things I Think: Some of my favourite memories of working in healthcare were from the summers of 2007 and 2008 when I was a support worker in a mental health hospital. Perhaps the best £5.50 per hour I ever made. It will be a welcome […]
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THE WEEKEND HANDOVER 20th may Insight, Mental Health / By Dean Malpass Five Things I Think: It was great to be able to attend the Health Plus Care Conference in London this week. The speakers were excellent, and it was a great chance to network. The CQC is relishing its new powers (coming 2023) of being able to
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THE WEEKEND HANDOVER 13th may Insight, Mental Health / By Dean Malpass Five Things I Think: Happy Nurses’ Day 2022! Nurses are amazing and do tremendous work serving an incredible societal purpose. Mental health awareness week has encouraged lots of discussion and debate about mental health and wellness. This is good. The re-write of the Mental Health Act
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THE WEEKEND HANDOVER 6th May Insight, Mental Health / By Dean Malpass Five Things I Think 1. It’s time to end the mandatory wearing of surgical face masks within health and social care settings that are not covid outbreak areas. I visited an NHS admin office this week which was not attached to any clinical areas and not
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THE WEEKEND HANDOVER Insight, Mental Health / By Dean Malpass Five Things I Think 50,000 new nurses will not be enough. The King’s Fund wrote this week about the government saying that it was on track to meet its target of new nurses in England. 50,000 will not meet the increase in demand for nurses or be sufficient
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