Jul 19 2010
The new 2010 edition of EDGE Services 'People Handling Skills DVD (3rd Edition)' is now available and for a limited time only is being held and the 2006 (2nd Edition price) of £60+VAT per unit. Read Full story
Jul 01 2010
One of our trainers attended a two day event in Leeds recently conducted by Nordic Care Services a Swedish company that specialises in manufacturing people handling equipment. Read Full story
Jun 22 2010
We are delighted to announce that, from winter 2010, we will be running our popular four day train-the-trainer ‘Children Handling & Risk Assessment Key Trainer’s Certificate’ course at some of our public venues across the UK. Read Full story
Jun 08 2010
A hospitals governing trust will be fined £40,000 after a court heard how health and safety failings were a ‘significant cause’ of the death of a severely disabled patient in their care. Read Full story
May 20 2010
On the 6th April the Sick Note was officially replaced by the Fit Note. The new ‘Statement of Fitness to Work’ affects employees and employers across the United Kingdom. Read Full story
Mar 26 2010
TIME TO BOOK YOUR PLACE! Read Full story
Mar 12 2010
Newport Coroner's Court has returned a verdict of accidental death in the case of a disabled man who asphyxiated after becoming trapped in a hoist. Mr Michael Powell, 54, who suffered from paralysis following a motorbike accident in 1975, became tangled in the mechanical hoist. The hoist had been due an inspection a month prior to Mr Powell’s death but no… Read Full story
Mar 12 2010
More than three-quarters of government funding (around £40m) allocated to provide respite breaks has not reached the carers for whom it was intended, according to two charities: the Princess Royal Trust for Carers and Crossroads Care. Read Full story
Mar 12 2010
The inclement weather earlier this year has not beaten the care industry as staff from all areas of the health and social care sector meet this particular challenge head on. Read Full story
Dec 02 2009
A leading care provider operating a care home in West Yorkshire has been criticized as ‘miserably failing’ by the family of a severely disabled 80 year old woman who died following a fall from her bed. The elderly woman, who was a quadriplegic, had lived at the Wakefield home for five years. Read Full story
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