Watford Nursing Home Starts The Year With High Praise By Industry Inspector
A nursing home in Watford has been rated as ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), following an unannounced inspection into the quality of service
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Major Boost For Plans To Hold Second Social Care Celebration
The uplifting stories of social care workers who help transform the lives of people across North Yorkshire will once again be celebrated this autumn. Plans
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Cut Immigration Salary Threshold By £4,400, Says Committee
The government should reduce the salary threshold for immigrants by more than £4,000, a committee has advised. Skilled migrants from outside the EU are currently
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Workforce Development Fund 2020-21 Now Open For Grant Applications
Large national organisations and lead organisations of employer-led partnerships can now apply to the Workforce Development Fund (WDF) 2020-21. Skills for Care disseminates WDF on
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NHS Competition To Fast-Track Game-Changing Artificial Intelligence To NHS Staff And Patients
Artificial intelligence is already in use across the NHS, successfully predicting cancer survival rates and cutting the number of missed appointments. In the East Midlands
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Specialist £1.25 Million Nursing Care Home Opened By Hull Lord Mayor
Exemplar Health Care’s specialist nursing care home, St Andrew’s Court in west Hull, near Gipsyville, was officially opened by the Lord Mayor of Kingston upon
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Government NHS Cash Boost Not Enough Without Increased Social Care Spending
Increasing spending on the NHS is not enough without investing in a long-term plan for the social care system, says former health secretary Jeremy Hunt.
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Rapid NHS Response Teams To Help People Stay Well At Home
Expert rapid response teams will be on hand within two hours to help support older people to remain well at home and avoid hospital admissions,
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Jim Broadbent Announced As Ambassador For Dementia UK
Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent has been named as an ambassador for Dementia UK – the only charity providing support to people with dementia and their
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Tonbridge Residents Visit The Olde Sweet Shoppe
From Fry’s Turkish to Delight to Bassett’s Licorice Allsorts, there were plenty of nostalgic treats on offer to residents at Barnes Lodge Care Home today,
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93-Year-Old Feels The Spray Of The Sea Once Again
Resident takes a trip down memory lane as part of MHA Richmond’s ‘Seize the Day’ scheme Richard Mockett, a resident at MHA Richmond care home
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Not So Premier Inn’s – Continued Adult Social Care Underfunding
Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has produced an analysis that further demonstrates the chronic underfunding of adult
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Kettering Care Home Rated ‘GOOD’ in All Five Key Areas by CQC
Perrywood House, a local care home, in Kettering, Northamptonshire, which specialises in residential support and accommodation for up to seven people with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS)
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Cassington Care Home Responds To Australia’s Bushfire Crisis
A care home in Oxfordshire is donating to the fundraising effort for those affected by the Australian bushfire disaster, after residents expressed their concerns. The
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Duplicated Material Found In CQC Care Home Reports
A number of care homes are to be re-inspected by the Care Quality Commission after it was revealed that advisors had duplicated material investigation reports.
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