More Restrictions Likely Without Major Improvements To Test And Trace
Responding to the latest NHS test and trace figures, Dr Layla McCay, director at the NHS Confederation, said: “The latest test and trace figures paint a clear picture
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New Measures To Support Roll Out Of Vaccines In UK
New laws allowing more healthcare workers to administer flu and potential Covid-19 vaccines have been introduced, the government announced today.
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Care Team Reach Great Heights In Memory Of Former Colleague
Four care workers from the Kanner Project in Plymouth have scaled Mount Snowdon to raise money for charity and a memorial for a colleague who passed away in August.
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On Your Marks, Get Set, BAKE! 12 Care Homes Across South East England Take Part In Showstopping Cake Off Event
A group of 12 care homes across the South East of England got to make their cake and eat it as part of a bake off event covering Kent, Essex and Surrey.
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Local Care Home Resident Creates Braille Menu To Celebrate National Braille Week
In support of the National Awareness day, a local resident from Castleford Lodge care home in West Yorkshire has dedicated her time to creating a special braille menu for blind people.
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Care Home Manager And Residents Team Up To Complete Charity One Million Step Challenge
A care home manager and group of residents have teamed up to complete Diabetes UK’s One Million Step Challenge, successfully taking one million strides together
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Care Watchdog Confirms Crisis In Care Has Worsened
The findings of a care watchdog have confirmed the need for an urgent “root and branch” reform of the way we care for older and vulnerable people, providers said today.
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Care Chief Calls For COVID Testing To Be Widened To Care Home Visitors
A Dorset care home group director is calling for the government to allow COVID testing in care homes to be expanded to visitors to help preserve vital contact with loved ones.
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Focus Must Be On Shaping A Health And Care System That Delivers Says CQC
The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) annual assessment of the state of health and social care in England looks at the quality of care over the past year.
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Councils Told To Prepare Covid-Dedicated Care Homes By End Of October
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has sent a letter to all local authorities in England asking them to identify appropriate care homes to receive elderly
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Messages Of Kindness Bring Joy To Care Home Residents
Big-hearted well-wishers have been putting a Plymouth care home on the map.
The city’s Butterfly Lodge, home to up to 37 residents living with dementia, has been receiving Postcards of Kindness from across the country.
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Retirement Community Sector Calls For Task Force On Housing With Care For Older People
The UK’s Retirement Community operators have issued a call for a Government task force to help tackle the obstacles which are holding back the growth in supply of good
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Harvest Festival Gives Care Home Opportunity To Donate To Local Food Bank
HC-One’s Sutherland Court care home in Newcastle was certainly in the Harvest Festival mood after spending days with Residents decorating harvest crafts.
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Putting the ‘Home’ Back into Care Homes: How Innovative Technologies Can Help Carers Give Residents a Better Quality of Life
By Phillip Moorcraft, UK Director, CLB (global.clb.nl)
When a person moves into a residential care home, the quality of their medical and social care is hugely important to that individual and
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LGA Responds To New Guidance For Clinically Extremely Vulnerable
Responding to the publication of updated government guidance on shielding and protecting people who are clinically extremely vulnerable, guidance.
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