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Homecare Day: Supporting home care through technology

Homecare Day 2020 - Wednesday 9th December

4th December 2020 is Homecare Day – a campaign day organised by UKHCA and Scottish Care to celebrate and raise awareness of home care across the UK, vital support which keeps people independent in their own homes for as long as possible. As a technology company, Unique IQ is proud to support home care organisations,… Read more »

Thought leadership: In challenging times, growth

Team sat together during a recruitment meeting

A story about growth in the midst of crisis By David Lynes, Managing Director of Unique IQ It is truly a strange time when the world around us is swirling with upheaval, fear and crises, that I should sit down to write a story about growth. Over the past few months, I have felt keenly… Read more »

Generation Z: the new generation that really does care

A young generation z care worker assists a lady in a wheelchair

How the Care Sector can adapt to the wants and needs of Generation Z care workers As more and more of Generation Z (those born between 1997 and 2012/15) join the workforce, employers are starting to see the face of their businesses changing radically. Today’s employers need to pay close attention – employee turnover rates… Read more »

Thought leadership: Focus on the most important thing. Care.

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One system, with the very best of technology at its heart By David Lynes, CEO & Founder of Unique IQ Imagine one system, with the very best of technology that puts the needs of home care providers at its heart – helping you focus on the most important thing. Care. Something new is coming from… Read more »

Unique IQ’s digital toolkit available on the G-Cloud 12 digital marketplace

G-Cloud 12

Unique IQ’s care management software is now available via the Crown Commercial Service’s Digital Marketplace. The procurement framework, known as G-Cloud 12, makes it easy for customers in the UK public sector to find and buy cloud computing services, such as software, hosting and cloud support. Instead of having to go through a lengthy tender process, buyers… Read more »

Home care across the four nations

Caregiver

Four countries, four different approaches to care with one shared purpose – to make care better. We look at how the different Government regulators for each nation approach their inspection methods and share some of the useful websites linked to the nations’ care services.  Scotland The Care Inspectorate is the national regulator for care services… Read more »

Thought leadership: Technology’s positive role in a crisis

Technology's positive role

The positive role of technology in a crisis By David Lynes, CEO and Founder of Unique IQ Earlier this month I was asked to contribute to a feature on technology’s role in a crisis for Home Care Insight magazine. The feature focused on how the need for remote working and social distancing during the COVID-19… Read more »

Unique IQ receives third consecutive LaingBuisson nomination

Unique IQ is a LaingBuisson 2020 finalist

Home care technology company Unique IQ has been shortlisted for a prestigious LaingBuisson award for a third consecutive year. Unique IQ’s home care software has been named as a finalist in the ‘Innovation in Health Tech’ category of the awards, which recognises “innovation in technology in any setting, in the delivery of care as a… Read more »

Unique IQ is Care Sector Supplier Awards finalist

Unique IQ is a Care Sector Supplier Awards 2020 finalist

Unique IQ has been named as one of the finalists in the inaugural Care Sector Supplier Awards. Our home care software has been nominated for the ‘Management Software’ category, alongside a high standard of technology companies working within the care sector. The Care Sector Supplier Awards, organised by Stratford Projects, will honour the best companies… Read more »