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24/06/09 - W&P Training Centre is Accredited for Excellence
W&P Assessment and Training Centre LLP has been accredited with the nationally recognised quality mark for organisations which provide support to individuals to make learning and work more accessible – the Matrix Standard.
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23/06/09 - All-party dementia group demand mandatory staff training
All care staff who work with older people should receive mandatory training in dementia care, a group of MPs and peers said today.
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19/06/09 - Social care workforce unfit to deliver dementia care
An influential group of MPs and Peers are calling for all staff working in social care to receive dementia training appropriate to their role after a report published 16 June 2009.
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19/06/09 - CQC pledges a louder voice for people who use health and social care services
Care home residents, hospital patients and people who receive care at home will have more say in improving the quality of care services than ever before, the Care Quality Commission has pledged.
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04/06/09 - W&P Care Training launch FREE Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector, PTLLS, CTLLS, DTLLS Forum
With over 1200 users and 5000 posts W&P’s online Training forums have become the largest free online care training community of its kind.
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04/06/09 - Poll: almost one in five people unaware of how social care is funded
Almost one in five people do not know how social care services are funded, a YouGov survey published today reveals. A further 16% of almost 2,000 people surveyed believed services were funded through tax and national insurance in a similar way to the NHS.
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04/06/09 - Consultation on new registration standards
CQC will soon be launching a public consultation to help develop guidance which makes clear to care providers what they need to do to be compliant with new registration requirements.
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04/06/09 - Scotland care regulators: Review drug regimes in older people's homes
The Care Commission and Mental Welfare Commission in Scotland have called for a review of prescriptions of antipsychotic drugs for people with dementia in Scottish care homes.
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26/05/09 - Call for 'better deal for carers'
Charities including Carers UK, Mencap and the Alzheimer's Society have called for a better deal for unpaid carers.
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26/05/09 - New Mental Capicity Act Resource Website launched by SCIE
Given the potential of the MCA to touch the lives of millions – particularly those who live with learning disability, dementia or mental health problems and those working and caring for them – people can choose from a range of guidance materials and links to access the tools that best support them.
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26/05/09 - Author slams poor dementia help
The Wiltshire author Sir Terry Pratchett has said the lack of memory clinics offering support to people with dementia "disgusts him".
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