Riverdale Care Home in Braintree Welcomes Contact Visits
Riverdale Care Home is amongst one of the first care homes in Braintree to welcome contact visits between residents and their loved ones. The home,…
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Bonnets, Bunnies and Buns; a Care Home’s Eventful Easter Weekend
RESIDENTS at an Edinburgh care home welcome the Easter holidays with a splash of creativity with personalised Easter bonnets ahead of an eventful weekend. Featuring…
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Staring into the Unknown – Industry Body Expresses Concern Over Fee Rates
Care England has expressed concern that a large proportion of local authorities are yet to publish fee rates for the care providers in their area…
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Royal Star & Garter Veterans Receive Second Covid-19 Vaccines
Residents at Royal Star & Garter’s three Homes have received their second Covid-19 vaccines. The doses were administered at the charity’s care homes at the…
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Legal Challenge Over Ban On Care Home Residents Taking Trips
Legal action against the government has commenced over guidance that bans care home residents in England aged 65 and over from taking trips outside of…
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Carer Exclusive: Public Urged to Consider Work in Adult Social Care
With absentee rates within the care sector having doubled in recent months due to the pandemic and self-isolation, the Department of Health and Social Care…
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HRH The Prince of Wales Congratulates Walton Residents at Whiteley Village on Their Pandemic Resilience and Community Spirit
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales,Patron of The Whiteley Homes Trust, has sent a Christmas video message of support to Whiteley Village congratulating villagers…
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Dunelm Bring Christmas Cheer to Shoreham Care Home
Residents at a care home in Shoreham-by-Sea were delighted to receive a host of festive gifts as part of Dunelm’s Community Christmas Tree appeal. Elmcroft…
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More Than 600,000 People Receive First Dose of Pfizer/Biontech Vaccine in UK
More than 600,000 people in the UK have received the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine as part of the largest vaccination programme in…
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NHS Confederation Welcomes ‘Certainty and Security’ of Brexit Trade Deal but Warns of Disruption Risk
Responding to the announcement of the Brexit trade agreement, Danny Mortimer, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: “On behalf of our members, who have…
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Helen Leads the Way as Community Staff are Vaccinated
Community Respiratory Practitioner Helen Gremo was first to be vaccinated today (Monday, 28 December) as hundreds of frontline community NHS staff in Kent join colleagues…
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The Carer Issue #51 November/December 2020
Click to read issue #51 of The Carer – Published November 2020.
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National Association of Care Catering Honours Exceptional Contributions at the NACC Awards 2020
Yesterday (8 October), members and supporters of the National Association of Care Catering (NACC) came together at the NACC Awards 2020 to recognise the exceptional…
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Limitations to EU Visa Options Could Impact Staffing Levels in Health and Social Care
With the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealing that approximately 192,000 EU workers are employed in health and social care, the…
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Covid ‘Lessons learned’ Inquiry Must Inform How We Manage Second Wave, says BMA
Responding to the launch of a joint inquiry1 from the Health and Social Care Committee and the Science and Technology Committee into the lessons learned from…
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