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Learning disability providers are being encouraged to share their perspective on the last 12 months, including the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, to build an informed picture of the financial health of the social care sector.
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Study confirms fabric’s nano-coating has anti-microbial properties
SCIENTISTS at Cambridge University https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/anti-viral-surface-testing are testing a facemask that has an anti-viral fabric coating that they
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Birchwood House, the Tunbridge Wells-based care home will be going all out this year to make sure it’s a white and jolly Christmas for the residents. With a snow machine set to add a dusting of white to the beautiful House
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After a difficult year, the teams at New Care’s Ruddington Manor Care Centre and The Grand Care Centre, located in Wilford and West Bridgford respectively, decided to bring joy
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In his statement to the House of Commons today (Monday 14 December), the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced that Greater London and parts of both Essex
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A NOTTINGHAMSHIRE care group has seen one of its care home managers become one of the first recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine in the region with a roll-out to the rest of its team now underway.
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A designated care home in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board will be the first in Wales to receive the vaccine, with teams in additional Health Boards taking the vaccine to care homes later this week.
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By Mary – Teresa Deignan, barrister specialising in healthcare practising from Temple Garden Chambers (mtdeignan@tgchambers.com)
On 1 December 2020 the Department of Health and Social Care issued its most recent guidance on visitors to care homes during COVID-19
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Maritime charity, The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, and its care home Belvedere House is thanking its supporters for all their assistance over the last 12 months against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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It is good news that care home resi- dents may be allowed to spend Christmas with their families and a few may be able to visit family homes during the festive season.
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A 90-year-old woman in South Lanarkshire has become the first care home resident to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.
Former carer Annie Innes was vaccinated at Abercorn House in Hamilton.
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Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare have won two awards at this year’s BOC International Brilliance Awards. The care provider was named as the winner of the
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Sunrise of Winchester hosted a presentation on 3rd December to give ex-servicemen and women living at the care home The Not Forgotten’s ‘Forget You Not’ gift boxes.
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Campaigners are renewing calls for urgent government reform to adult social care after NHS figures revealed that almost a quarter of older people seeking help in England were denied it.
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Dementia care specialist Belong Crewe has released a special 2021 calendar to raise funds for a telescope for the village. Featuring its residents as life models, the project has recreated some of the world’s most iconic portraits for the calendar which can now be enjoyed by the local community.
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