The House of Lords will hold its second reading of a recently introduced Bill seeking better protection for healthcare professionals with a conscientious objection. Human…
Read more...A care home in Basildon is celebrating after one of its residents turned 108 years old, and was joined for a party by family and…
Read more...Report warns that higher home care costs and greater distances are condemning those living outside major towns and cities Elderly and vulnerable men and women…
Read more...The Communities and Local Government and Health Committees launch a joint inquiry on the long-term funding and provision of adult social care to feed in to…
Read more...A cross-party group of MPs and Peers today issues a rallying call to the Government, to look more closely at the problem of malnutrition in…
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a report into the causes for the rise in detentions under the Mental Health Act. The review has…
Read more...One million people aged 65 and over in the UK report that they are often or always lonely but loneliness and social isolation are difficult…
Read more...A Care Home in Hull has become one of only eight establishments in England to get a perfect rating from the independent regulator of health…
Read more...Responding to a report by Independent Age revealing that two-thirds of MPs in England believe there is a lack of high-quality care homes for older…
Read more...Brexit must not delay the development and delivery of the first life-changing treatment for people living with dementia. That was the message Alzheimer’s Research UK…
Read more...Brand new Duston care home, Timken Grange, recently enlisted the help of local school, Millway Primary, and Friends of Timken to bury a time capsule…
Read more...Two-thirds (66%) of MPs in England, including just over half (53%) of Conservative MPs in England and four in five (82%) Labour MPs in England,…
Read more...A kitchen assistant from a Basildon care home is celebrating after being named the Unsung Hero in the Prosper Essex Care Awards, recognising the hard…
Read more...Money raised by the residents of a West Moors care home will help young people with special educational needs to gain valuable life skills. Colten…
Read more...The County Councils Network has warned that social care funding will face a £2.5bn gap by 2019-20. This problem should not surprise anybody, as forecasts…
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