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Chancellor's spending review
...Chancellor's spending review did find £162M from NHS budgets to be allocated to UK social care. This is in addition to ring fencing the NHS budget allocation and allowing a further £10bn annual increase in the NHS budget over the lifetime of this Parliament.....
...read moreSafeguarding, and the impact on your insurance policy
For many care home owners & managers the impact of the new safeguarding agenda is yet to be clearly understood.
CHIS believe there is a need to ensure the insurance policy any care home needs meets the potential for any legal liability claims which may be brought following the involvement of the safeguarding committee or a safeguarding investigation.
...read moreCHIS Super 6s Cricket Team
So far this year we have won all our games and are hoping to progress to the finals on 17 July 2010. If anyone wants to join us for the afternoon, they'd be most welcome, it all happens at the Stanley Turner Ground in Lewes.
The Mental Capacity Act (2005) Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
As the new legislation takes effect on 1 April 2009, it's important for care home managers to keep lines of communication with all interested parties open, says David Waters from CHIS.
Most of you will be familiar with the detail of the new safeguards, so there is no reason to repeat them here. What I do think is useful is to discuss the best ways for managers to implement and manage them.
...read moreDo your brochures stink?
How do you approach marketing your care business?
Do you rely on word of mouth and little else? Do you have a web site? Do you use brochures?If you use brochures, does your heart sink when you need to send out a brochure to families of your potential clients?
...read moreA new year, same challenges
Looking back on the first few months of 2010, we seem to have again seen our fair share of problems, ranging from awful weather here in the UK to earthquakes in Haiti and Chile. This tends to make us all think about how we would cope if we were involved in a similar situation.
The weather related problems in the UK are closer to home and easier to consider as affecting us. CHIS have a number of clients who have suffered, especially with the snow at the start of the year.
Business interruption insurance cover
I can almost sense that 'AAAAGH' as you read the title, but please - for the sake of your own business - bear with me and read the next few paragraphs.
...read moreA (26 mile) walk in the park
David recently took part in the New York Marathon - a twenty-six mile trek through the streets
of the big apple - in an attempt to raise money for
The Parkinson’s Disease Society.