The government has unveiled new schemes to support nature recovery and climate action, with the overall aim of helping to stop species decline by 2030. This includes the Local Nature Recovery scheme, the successor to the Countryside Stewardship scheme. The scheme will financially reward farmers for taking locally targeted actions that increase space for nature. […]
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Today we’re marking #TimeToTalk Day, and encouraging people to start a conversation about mental health, with a post from one of our Senior Workforce Advisors, Kay Finn, who shares her experiences of homeworking and the challenges of combatting loneliness.
In CDPS’s latest knowledge sharing webinar, we looked at how data can power better decision-making in the Welsh public sector and beyond, based on the Welsh Government’s 12th Digital Service Standard.
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Small is beautiful when it comes to service delivery and, as for support networks, a certain everyday vegetable forms the perfect model – as Pete Stanton explains.
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In this blogpost, we share our top 5 learnings from the latest round of user research that will inform the next iteration of the ‘Track My Request’ service.
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What do The Avengers and an onion have in common? The answer, as it turns out, is that both can teach us something about why multidisciplinary teams can be the key to a project’s success.
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Getting your cybersecurity policies, business continuity and disaster recovery policies right from the outset saves time, money, and stress later on. A draft policy is no use if you don’t act on it; do trial runs, test your policy and plans, and have a process which is known to the staff in your business and […]
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Although we are still waiting for the results of the consultation by the Ministry of Justice in connection with the modernisation of lasting powers of attorney (LPAs) which ended in October, the pros and cons of digitalising the process for making an LPA will likely always prove divisive. An LPA is a document that allows […]
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What are Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)? The Supreme Court ruled in March 2014 that a deprivation of liberty happens when an individual who lacks capacity to make decisions about their treatment and care is subject to constant supervision, control, and is not free to leave. Examples of these are when a person is forced […]
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Often, when considering complaints against veterinary practices, we typically consider those complaints that deal with the ‘duty of care’ obligations to your clients and patients and the requirement to ‘exercise reasonable skill and care’. In such circumstances a crucial first step to defending such claims is to demonstrate and ensure that as veterinary professionals you […]
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