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Denise Collier, support worker at Laverneo care home in Pennywell, Sunderland, has been named as the winner of The Care Home Worker Award in the Great British Care Awards for the North East.
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John’s Campaign and the Relatives & Residents Association will apply for Core Participant Status at the public inquiry into the UK Government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic:
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Care UK has been shortlisted for two awards at this year’s Public Sector Catering Awards which recognise and celebrate the very special teams and chefs working in various catering establishments around the country.
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Lilian Faithfull Care’s ‘Garden in Bloom’ competition is approaching judging day, with an award winning garden designer visiting their gardens on Thursday 12 August.
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have published operational guidance for mandatory vaccination of people deployed or working in a care home.
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Residents and staff at a Dorset care home are doing their bit to help tackle child food poverty this summer.
More than 20 bags of tinned and dried food donations have been collected
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A pop up pub is doing a roaring trade at a care home.
The residents of Pendine Park’s Hillbury home in Wrexham love the atmosphere and can play dominoes, cards, bingo, take part in a pub quiz or have a dance as well as
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Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of specialist nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs, has announced it will be investing £4.1M to open its latest care home
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Thousands of frontline social care workers are being offered a lifeline of mental health support after new figures from SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health) revealed that the vast majority
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Despite very challenging times, Barchester’s Charitable Foundation is pleased to announce that over the last year it was able to gift £166,000 in grants to provide vital help to 65 small groups
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Sharon Field, home manager at Bull Point and Annex House in Devon, has been named as the winner of The Care Home Registered Manager Award in the Great British Care Awards for the South West.
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Broadlands, a Greensleeves Care home in Oulton Broad, has been awarded platinum Investors in People status at a time when care home staff across the UK need on-the-job support more than ever.
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Sully Day Opportunities, a day service for disabled adults living in Barry Island, South Wales, celebrated their beautiful blooms with a brilliantly bonkers Mad Hatter’s tea party in the garden.
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A Bembridge care home is the first care home on the Isle of Wight to achieve the Gold Standard Framework Quality Hallmark Award for End of Life Care (GSF).
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Skills for Care has launched a three-year plan setting out how the workforce development and planning body for social care in England will deliver the organisation’s vision of “supporting people
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