Category: Blog

Managing software implementation in a home care business

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As a supplier of technology, we’ve helped countless home care providers manage and coordinate software implementation. And we know that it’s not easy. From choosing the right software to finding the right partners, and to getting everyone in your organisation on board – it’s a long journey fraught with pitfalls.  It can be especially hard… Read more »

National Coding Week: Meet our developers

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To celebrate National Coding Week, we took some time to chat to some of our developers for an insight into the world of programming, debugging, and everything in between.  Luke is one of our most experienced developers with over 15 years of code review and testing.   Oskar is an apprentice who joined Unique IQ in… Read more »

Solving human problems through code

Solving problems through code

How we solve human problems through code As a software company, one of the main areas of our work is to solve problems through code. Since our very beginnings, we have been using code to try to improve various business activities and to solve some very human problems. Back in 2003, our Managing Director, David… Read more »

Thought leadership: Focus on the most important thing – care

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Focus on the most important thing. Care. By David Lynes, CEO & Founder of Unique IQ Those of you who work closely with Unique IQ will know that for the last 18 months, our team has been reimagining our home care technology; working towards our vision of a connected, collaborative, data-driven home care sector. Now… Read more »

Huge growth in non-residential social care across England

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Home care growing rapidly in 2021 According to ‘ The size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England’ report, published by Skills for Care in July 2021, non-residential social care services increased by 7% from 2019/20 to 2020/21 – more than any other part of the sector. The figures paint… Read more »

Thought leadership: AI: care management’s next logical step

AI: care management software

Making sense of data with AI By David Lynes, CEO & Founder of Unique IQ AI, or Artificial Intelligence, has been a talking point in home care for some time. In short, AI uses technology to mimic the problem-solving and decision-making capabilities of the human mind, doing so much faster and on a much bigger… Read more »

Cleaning industry round-up – July 2021

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State of UK cleaning sector in 2021 Cleaning sector in UK’s top 10 biggest industries A research report from the British Cleaning Council (BCC) has shown that the cleaning, hygiene and waste sector is one of the UK’s top ten industries. The latest figures show that the industry contributed £55.5 billion to the economy in… Read more »

Thought leadership: Steps forward in joining-up health and care

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Digital transformation becoming a reality By David Lynes, CEO & Founder of Unique IQ It’s beginning to feel like digital transformation within the wider health and social care system is really starting to become a reality. So far this year we have seen some big steps forward. There has been confirmation from the government of… Read more »

Person-centred care: meeting regulation 9 in home care

Person-centred care

How care agencies can focus on the needs of the individual Over the last decade, the practice of ‘person-centred care’ has been one of the main talking points within the domiciliary care industry. From becoming a recognised regulation of the Care Quality Commission to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) creating guidance… Read more »