Jan 13 2011
A 56 year old district nurse was paid out £107,246 compensation by Surrey Primary Care Trust in December following a back injury that she sustained in 2005. Mrs Linda Andrews had been undertaking care in the home for an 80 year old gentleman with very limited mobility who weighed 22 stones. Read Full story
Dec 14 2010
It has been confirmed recently that since 2008 Scottish hospitals have spent more than £154,000 on specialist bariatric beds for patients weighing more than 78 stone. Read Full story
Dec 01 2010
A company which owns a nursing home in Essex was fined after an elderly man was lowered into a bath with the water possibly as hot as 72°C. Read Full story
Nov 18 2010
The Equality Act came into force on the 1st October in spite of fears that this legislation – the work of the previous Labour Government - would be scuppered by the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition. Read Full story
Nov 11 2010
The country is still reeling from the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review on 20th October which is going to cut public spending by £billions over the next few years. Read Full story
Oct 30 2010
If the original course you attended was an in-house training event EDGE will contact the person within your orgainisation who booked the course to organise refresher training. Read Full story
Oct 18 2010
The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) new chairperson Dame Jo Williams was interviewed by The Times newspaper in September when she talked about her concerns for “the basics of life” lacking in some of the England’s health care and social care environments. Read Full story
Sep 28 2010
EDGE Services have started a YouTube channel to post a selection of clips of our expert trainers demonstrating safer people handling techniques. Read Full story
Aug 10 2010
Many people reading this will be work-based trainers who, as part of their job role undertake training and assessment of others. In order to be effective it is important that the trainer understands how adults learn. The process is a relatively simple one. Read Full story
Jul 28 2010
EDGE are proud to launch the newest editions to our popular ‘Get Focused’ guide series. Read Full story
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