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...care professionals on their registers’. Witnesses to misconduct can be called to give evidence in a Fitness to Practise investigation and hearing. A proportion of these will include patients, service users and colleagues who may have been significantly harmed by the registrant’s behaviour. Such cases may include behaviours associated with sexual abuse, harassment and...

...care for the elderly with his care mapping program. He sheds light on the importance of engagement and agency when working with those suffering from dementia. Who cares? In a round table discussion, people acting as full-time carers for relatives and loved ones highlight the difficulties and the frustration of caring, along with problems faced dealing with benefits and...

...Care qualifications. In this second of a series of OpenLearn articles linking to The Ageing Well Public Talks (AWPT) Series structured around Five Pillars for Ageing Well that runs every year at The Open University, we are going to discuss how we could prepare for a home death. Earlier in the AWPT Series, we discussed Advance Care Planning presented by Barbara and Erica....

...Care courses. There are currently around 7,000 people on the UK transplant waiting lists and over 420 people died waiting for a transplant last year (2021). The Organ donation law in parts of the UK has recently changed to an ‘opt out’ system. This should increase the numbers of potential organs available for transplant and help save the lives of people urgently...

...care as areas that needed particular attention. In England, a Care Quality Commission (an independent regulator of health and social care) report estimate that only a quarter of children and young people who require treatment for a mental health problem are able to access this treatment. Children and young people also felt that CAMHS staff did not have enough time to...