NHS Leaders Call for National Minimum Wage for Social Care to Avoid Staff Exodus
NHS leaders are calling on the Government to immediately implement a national care worker minimum wage of £10.50 an hour. They are warning that without…
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Maritime Charity Celebrates First in-Person AGM in Three Years
Maritime charity, The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, celebrated its 156th Annual General Meeting in-person for the first time since 2019 following the easing of COVID-19…
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Plan for Digital Health and Social Care Will Help Alleviate Staffing Pressures Across the NHS
The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has welcomed the plan for digital health and social care announced today by the Department for Health and…
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‘Out of Sight But Not Out of Mind’ to Raise Awareness of Charles Bonnet Syndrome
By Judith Potts is the Founder of Esme’s Umbrella, which is the campaign to raise awareness of Charles Bonnet Syndrome (www.charlesbonnetsyndrome.uk) Esme’s Umbrella (www.charlesbonnetsyndrome.uk) launches…
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Bridging the Dementia Care Gap in the Gypsy, Roma and Travelling Communities
By Cheryl Scarrott, Admiral Nurse at Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust I am a specialist dementia nurse and part of the Romany Traveller community –…
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Why Equipping Returning Adult Learners With The Skills They Need To Enter The Social Care Sector Is The Best Solution To The Recruitment Crisis
By Jonny Rees, Head of Professional Development at the College Development Network (www.cdn.ac.uk) The size of the skills gap in the care sector is startling…
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NHS At 74: The Migrant Medical Workforce Helping To Drive Our Healthcare System
By Karen Jordaan, Head of UK, WorldRemit (www.worldremit.com) There are roughly 190,000 workers at the NHS who report being non-British, between them holding over 200…
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Community Open Event for Leicester Based Care Home to Showcase “Award Winning Garden”
A Leicester based care home will be hosting an open community garden event to showcase their award winning garden to the public. MHA Aigburth, in…
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Tour de Barchester – Local Care Home Workers Take on Charity Cycling Challenge
Staff from Barchester Healthcare’s care homes up and down the country are taking on a gruelling 211 mile cycling challenge from Bradford to London to…
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Care Forum Wales Welcomes “Landmark” Care Funding Reform
A landmark decision by Gwynedd Council to fund nearer to the “true cost” of running care homes will ramp up pressure on other local authorities…
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Former Nurse Celebrates 103rd Birthday in Brecon
A great-grandmother who set up the Aberhonndu Women’s Institute in the 1950’s has celebrated an impressive milestone with family and friends at a Powys care…
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Carers Welcome Investment in Digital Care…
…But Warn Other Reforms Mustn’t be Delayed CARE providers have welcomed Government investment in new technology but warned that major reform of the sector must…
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Care Residents Experience the Joys of Singing with Vocal Coach Dan Cooper
To mark World Music Day, staff and residents at Hugh Myddelton House care home in Southgate were treated to an hour in the company of…
Read more...Integrated Care Systems Launching a New Era for Health and Social Care
From 1st July 2022, Integrated Care Systems (ICS) will change the way health and care services are planned, paid for and delivered across England. From…
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Beware the IoT Data Deluge: Turning Insights Into Action for Better Social Care and Housing
By Lynley Meyers Product Marketing Manager at Netcall (www.netcall.com) People are living longer, prompting an urgent need for greater levels of social care, including residential…
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