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This guest post was written by Lucy Bonnerjea, writing in a personal capacity. Lucy Bonnerjea was a civil servant for 20 years which included being the MCA Policy lead. She now works on MCA implementation. You can contact Lucy at Lucy.Bonnerjea@gmail.com. The government has passed legislation compelling care homes to ensure almost all workers are…
As some of you know I have been on maternity leave since November, and still am. So this brief blog post is brought to you from a heap of books balanced on a kitchen worksurface whilst I attempt to rock a baby to sleep in a sling. The baby is not on board with this…
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