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Care England has called for the Government to inject an annual £7 billion increase in social care funding as a starting point for reform. Whilst, at the same time, stressing that extra funding alone will not remedy the adult social care system.
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Hopes for voluntary take-up
CARE providers today reacted to news that the Government is to consult over whether to make the Covid-19 vaccine compulsory for those working in care settings.
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By Conor Hardy, Managing Director, Run PPC – https://wwww.runppc.co.uk
Putting your business and its services in front of the right people online
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By David Price, workplace wellbeing expert and CEO of Health Assured (www.healthassured.org)
Bereavement is never an easy thing to deal with. Even when everything is going well
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Staff working in care homes with older adult residents, may be required to have a Covid-19 vaccine to protect residents from the virus
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A Hertfordshire care home has relaunched its Gardening Club in a bid to reunite its green-fingered residents with family and friends as lockdown restrictions continue to ease.
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Staff and residents at Barchester’s Hugh Myddelton House care home in Southgate were treated to a photographic tour and talk about the creation of V&A Dundee by Peter Nurick
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THE MAJORITY of care home staff across Barnsley are to be offered a boost to their pay, following successful negotiations between the town’s care home association and the local authority.
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England has seen a stall in progress on diagnosing dementia, despite government initiatives to boost rates of detection, new research says.
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By Jackie Pool, Dementia Care Champion, QCS (www.qcs.co.uk)
It’s the 1980s and a woman sings Men of Harlech, a traditional and stirring Welsh folksong
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Elections will be held across England, Scotland and Wales this May with 48 million people eligible to vote to elect almost 5,000 positions of power. As the country gears up to polling day
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By Sarah Hayes, a solicitor in the employment team at Paris Smith (www.parissmith.co.uk)
IS IT A LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR PEOPLE TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE?
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A dedicated healthcare assistant has notched up a remarkable 30 years’ service at the same Lymington care home, including eleven years working on night shifts.
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Residents at Primrose Croft Care Home in Cambridgeshire were very saddened by the news of Prince Philips death. They said they have all grown up alongside Prince Philip and the Royal Family
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The first Moderna jabs will be delivered in England today (Tuesday) as the NHS vaccination programme reaches another milestone.
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