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Recently, the team at Hunters Down Care Home in Cambridge received a generous donation of some beautiful new scrubs from the Butterfly Legacy Project.
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The BMA is calling on Public Health England to urgently review the adequacy of its PPE guidance for healthcare staff amid growing concerns that inadequate PPE
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NHS England has requested a swift acceleration of vaccinations in care homes in response to rapidly increasing Covid outbreaks.
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By Jonathan Landau, barrister at 5 Essex Court (www.5essexcourt.co.uk)
Vaccinations of care home residents have begun. In 2013 the Alzheimer’s Society estimated that 70 – 80 percent of care home residents have dementia
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By Dr. Paul Nelson, medical doctor, clinical epidemiologist and Public Health Consultant, is the founder of FeverFreeZoneTM (https://www.feverfree.zone), and an expert in Covid-19 mitigation strategy.
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By Ashley Partridge, Head of Wills, Probate & Estate Planning, Parker Bullen solicitors (www.parkerbullen.com)
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With the Welsh Government announcing yesterday [Monday 11 January] its aims to vaccinate all care home residents by mid-February, three Powys care homes are leading the charge
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£1 million invested in new apprenticeships across the county
Just a year after launching its Apprenticeship Levy Transfer scheme, Hampshire County Council has invested £1 million in new
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People with mental health issues who are detained under the Mental Health Act will benefit from landmark reforms which provide more control over their care and treatment
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By Richard Taylor, BGF (www.bgf.co.uk)
From one day to the next the goalposts change. The unpredictable nature of 2020 has made managing a healthcare business extremely challenging.
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By Mina Morris, a Partner with Aon’s Assessment Solution Practice (https://assessment.aon.com/)
Nurses, doctors, care workers and specialist healthcare practitioners have been celebrated over the past nine months.
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The organisers of Dementia, Care & Nursing Home Expo, Roar B2B have postponed the event for a third time due to the pandemic.
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All residents at The Manor House care home in Little Weighton have received the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, making them among the first in the world
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Exemplar Health Care, announced it will be investing over £20M to open five new homes in the UK, over the next year.
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Staff and residents at The Hall Residential Care Home, in Thornton-le-Dale, are undertaking a project to yarn bomb the outside of the home as part of the village’s North Yorkshire Britain in Bloom entry.
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