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...out about The Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. Currently in the UK, 13 families a day suffer the heartbreak of losing their baby before, during or shortly after birth. That’s around 4,500 babies a year. And an estimated 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in miscarriage (Sands, 2023). Yet, while this number reveals the scale of the problem, much...

...out that the Healthcare Commission’s system of regulation – and there was a lot of it - failed to detect or prevent the ‘biggest scandal in NHS history’ (Francis, 2013, p. 54). He didn’t call for more regulation or deregulation, but he called for a ‘simpler regime of regulation’. Regulation in healthcare is essential and has a vital part in ensuring our...

...out a potential win-win strategy. How might this be done? It might involve agreeing in advance to separate the people negotiating from the problem being negotiated over. This can be achieved by avoiding escalatory personal behaviours that distract from discussion of the problem, such as by avoiding personal attacks or threats to storm out of meetings. Psychology helps...

...out of their group at the 2018 World Cup and in March losing a World Cup qualifier to North Macedonia. However, they still have a strong squad and pulled off a coup by persuading Jamal Musiala, who came through the Chelsea Academy, to pledge his football allegiance to Germany. Spain who won successive tournaments in 2008 and 2012 underachieved at the 2018 World Cup after...