Covid-Related Care Home Resident Deaths Continue To Fall
Care home resident deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales fell by 35 per cent on the previous week, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.
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Veterans Mark St David’s Day With Daffodils, Traditional Food And Poetry
St David’s Day has been marked at Royal Star & Garter’s three Homes.
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HC-One Announces Proposed Sale Of 52 Care Homes
The UK’s largest care provider HC-One which runs 328 care homes for an estimated 14,000 residents, has revealed it is putting 52 of them up for sale and is planning to close four.
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Care Home Enables 85 And 91 Year-Old To Wed
An 85-year-old care home resident married his 91-year-old sweetheart of 26 years after a senior registrar was given special powers to enable it the nuptials to go ahead.
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Cornwall Care Cost Calculations Criticised
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman is reminding councils that people can spend their money as they wish, within reason
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Bramhall Care Home Receives NHS Award
The team at New Care’s Bramhall Manor care centre on Robins Lane in Bramhall, in Stockport, Greater Manchester, has received a special Making a Difference
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Political Consensus On Urgent Need To Better Fund And Fix Social Care, Poll Reveals
Nine out of ten MPs say that local government does not have enough resource to meet the growing need for social care services and three in five believe
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Care UK Announced As The World’s First Care Sector Partner Of The #FairKitchens Movement
Care UK and the #FairKitchens movement are proud to announce that Care UK is the first care sector organisation in the world to join the global movement #FairKitchens
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Turn To Tech To Relieve Pressure and Improve Experience
By Stephanie Vaughan-Jones, Moneypenny (www.moneypenny.com)
The care sector has faced enormous pressures this year – all under the spotlight of the world’s media.
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My Employer Has Asked Me To Have The Vaccine – What Are My Rights?
By Katie Ash, Head of Employment Law at Banner Jones Solicitors (www.bannerjones.co.uk)
With the Covid-19 vaccine being rolled out across the country,
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Letter to the Editor
We here at THE CARER are always delighted to share reader input, and of course with the budget coming up later this week we are delighted to include
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Compliance With Visiting Guidance Must Be Monitored Says Residents Association
The Relatives & Residents Association (R&RA) has urged the Care Quality Commission to be far more rigorous in helping to end isolation in care.
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Firm Pulls Plug On £7m Care Home And 150 New Jobs
Scores of care homes in South and West Wales will go bust and be forced to close unless there is a significant increase in funding from local councils.
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Care England Urges Government To Make Good On Ten Year Plan For Adult Social Care
Care England has written to the Chancellor urging him to make good on the Government’s commitment to adult social care in his Budget this week.
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Visiting Rights Of Individuals Must Be Paramount Says CQC
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) hasadvised care providers they should not wait until the vaccination programme is complete to allow visits.
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