Care Quality Commission Consults On New Approach To Inspecting And Rating Care Services
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is asking people who use and run health and adult social care services and the public at large for views…
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Month: April 2014
Hartwood House Wins ‘Best Regeneration Award’ At Pinders Healthcare Design Awards 2014
Hartford Care home, Hartwood House in Lyndhurst has won the award for ‘Best Regeneration’ at the Pinders Healthcare Design Awards 2014. Hartwood House opened in…
Read more...New Guide For Commissioners And Employers Seeking To Minimise The Use Of Restrictive Practices In Social Care And Health Released
Skills for Care and Skills for Health have released ‘A positive and proactive workforce – A guide to workforce development for commissioners and employers seeking…
Read more...Exercise Trial Shows Benefits In Women With Early Memory Problems
A six-month trial in women with early memory problems has shown that aerobic training can increase the size of the hippocampus – an area of…
Read more...Investment In Social Care Work With Adults – The Business Case
The College of Social Work has launched several documents outlining the moral and financial case for investing in adult social work. With the current population…
Read more...Graduate Internship Programme – NSA Social Care
To help meet the challenges of the growing social care sector, the Skills Academy has launched its Graduate Internship Programme to run alongside the established…
Read more...Skills For Care And National Skills Academy For Social Care To Merge
Following discussions, Skills for Care and the National Skills Academy for Social Care have agreed, in principle and subject to contract, to merge their organisations. …
Read more...Barchester Infographic Shows Meaningful Activities Matter
Barchester Healthcare, a major UK care provider, believe that maintaining independence and continuing with leisure activities is one of the things people value most as…
Read more...Care Home Staff Reach For The Sky In Charity Challenge
Fearless four take on reverse bungee in aid of children’s hospital Dare-devil staff at a local care home are buckling up to take on a…
Read more...Care And Support Minister Norman Lamb Talks About His Ambitions For The New 2 Year Positive And Safe Programme
Investigations into abuses at Winterbourne View Hospital and Mind’s Mental Health Crisis in Care: physical restraint in crisis showed that restrictive interventions have not always…
Read more...Young Stroke Survivor ‘Wowed’ By Care Home Generosity
A determined Dorset woman who suffered a stroke when she was just 19 has praised a Mudeford care home for raising more than £750 to…
Read more...Lymington Care Home To Give ‘New Lease Of Life’ To People With Dementia
An £8.5 million care home purpose-built by Colten Care has opened in the heart of Lymington offering dedicated support for people living with dementia and…
Read more...Duke To Open Luxury Care Home In Selby
A luxury care home in Selby will be officially opened by HRH the Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO next week (Tuesday April 15th). The Duke…
Read more...Fit And Proper Person Regulations
The Department of Health has published a consultation on a new legal duty that means health and social care organisations registered with CQC will have…
Read more...People Who Can’t Move Around Their Home Won’t Get Support Under Care Plans
People who need help to move around their home, to communicate with family and friends or take part in their community will risk losing local…
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