by AutumnCare | Aug 2, 2022 | Nursing Notes
Earlier this month the CQC published their annual report on the safe management of controlled drugs. One of the common causes of concern in adult social care settings was around the use of transdermal patches (such as Fentanyl and Buprenorphine). They found that...
by AutumnCare | Feb 14, 2022 | AutumnCare Case Study, AutumnCare News
I took over as Care Manager of Rock Cottage at the beginning of 2019. The Care Quality Commission visited for a full inspection in February, where the home was marked as 'Requires Improvement'. I certainly had my work cut out, as there were many things that...
by AutumnCare | Dec 2, 2021 | Nursing Notes
This week I returned to my voluntary nursing role in a busy Nursing and Residential home that is local to where I live. I have not been able to go much during the pandemic, so it was lovely to be back. Life is still not back to normal for our care home residents, but...
by AutumnCare | Jun 22, 2021 | AutumnCare News
Now a PRSB Partner! AutumnCare is now a member of the PRSB Standards Partnership Scheme. We have aligned ourselves with the PRSB as part of our ongoing commitment to best practice in sharing standardised information and the principles of user led care. The...
by AutumnCare | Jun 18, 2021 | Healthcare News, Industry Updates, Nursing Notes
Should COVID-19 vaccines be mandatory for care home staff? Yesterday, a senior minister urged that all care home staff in England should be vaccinated against COVID-19, and that this should be mandatory. This is currently being debated. It is expected that care staff...
by AutumnCare | Jun 2, 2021 | Industry Updates
The Queen’s Speech Last month saw an interesting divergence of Australia and the United Kingdom (the countries in which AutumnCare operates) to the societal-level approach to caring for our elders. Nearly two years after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “pledge to fix...
by AutumnCare | May 31, 2021 | AutumnCare News, Cybersecurity
AutumnCare is now Cyber Essentials Certified. The Cyber Essentials certification scheme is run by the National Cyber Security Centre based in the UK. This certification demonstrate that AutumnCare is compliant with standard safety and security that protect the...
by AutumnCare | May 11, 2021 | Conferences & Events, Data Security
CYBERUK 2021 Today, for the very first time, I am attending a conference from the comfort of home. CYBERUK, the flagship UK government cybersecurity event, is taking place online this year due to the ongoing restrictions imposed by the global public health response....
by AutumnCare | May 7, 2021 | AutumnCare News, Management Notes
Stuart Hope founded AutumnCare in 2000, and since then a lot has changed. We’ve seen the developed economies struggle to balance the books in the face of rapidly ageing populations and existential emergencies like the global financial crisis of 2008. Technology...
by AutumnCare | Feb 25, 2021 | Nursing Notes
A roadmap out of lockdown was announced this week. Restrictions across the UK will be eased in four stages, with each stage to be a minimum of five weeks apart. The following conditions must be met in order to progress to the next stage: The COVID vaccine continues...
