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Suddenly 2021 is already a month old and we find ourselves in February!  As I said recently, hopefully Spring will soon be upon us and COVID-19 will be a thing of the past when we get there. But what happens when we do get there? Some of the lessons learnt from the past 11 months…

Now that January is in full swing and hopefully we are all looking forward to Spring and some level of normality, there is another challenge that is particular to 2021; it is in addition to all the COVID challenges and it is called Brexit.  Now, whichever way you voted, we aren’t going to get political…

It might not seem like it at the moment with the snow, the pandemic and the general post-Christmas January blues, but you are the future of social care. Social care will never be the same after 2020.  I am sure that you, as well as me, have noticed lots of social care technology companies championing…

Thanks everyone for your comments and feedback throughout 2020.  It has been a challenging year, an interesting year and also one of learning… What did we learn? We learnt that things we thought were not possible actually were; it just needed a bit of creativity, some effort and an external driver.  Unfortunately, the driver happens…

Thanks for the feedback about last week’s post during Safeguarding Adults Week. As we were preparing for the previous blog post, it sparked an idea and so we wanted to use this week’s post to start a conversation.  At the end of last week’s post, we shared that we are working on a new course:…

Hi everyone and thanks as always for the feedback on last week’s post during Self Care Week.  As last week was Safeguarding Adults Week, it seems natural to talk about safeguarding. First things first, safeguarding is vitally important and everyone should feel safe, no matter what their environment, so if someone says something or you…

Thanks, as always, for the feedback on recent posts.  This week is Self Care Week;  I think you’ll agree that, given the current circumstances, looking after ourselves has never been more important. So, what is Self Care and why is important? I have met thousands of care workers and managers over the years and, almost…

Back in May, we shared a post about “Lockdown Learning” where we talked about the things we had learnt as a result of external circumstances.  We talked about how we adopted the motto “we can do that” and how that positivity had spread. As we approach another lockdown, fire break or circuit break, spending on…