Responding to the appointment of Sajid Javid as the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said:
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A MULTICULTURAL care team in Edinburgh has had residents lining up to participate in traditional activities from nations around the world.
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People in care homes or those being cared for at home will benefit from an extra £250 million to continue to protect them from COVID-19 transmission.
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Specialist radio station m4d Radio is celebrating its first anniversary with a stellar list of celebrities and personalities contributing individual playlists for a week’s schedule of programming on the dementia-focused music station.
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A dedicated team from Paisley Lodge Care Home in Armley, Leeds, recently completed a 10-mile sponsored walk from Armley to Shipley, covering over 30,000 steps each and fundraising a total of £692.00.
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Royal Star & Garter in Surbiton is celebrating after picking up an award at the South London Community Star & Care Awards.
Royal Star & Garter provides loving, compassionate care to veterans and their partners living with disability or dementia.
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Tyson Hepple, currently Director General at the Home Office, to the new role of Executive Director of Operations. Tyson will join CQC’s Executive Team later this summer.
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A group dedicated to supporting care home residents is the latest recipient of funding from a regional housebuilder.
Care Home Volunteers, based in Wiltshire, successfully secured £1,000 after applying to Persimmon Homes Community Champions
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‘Complex Care Provider of the Year’ Cornerstone Healthcare has become one of a selected number of employers in the UK being accredited by the Living Wage Foundation after committing to the Real Living Wage.
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A local woman has recently celebrated her 100th birthday with a garden party at a Llanidloes care home.
Vera Corfield celebrated her centenarian year with balloons, banners, cake and bubbly, alongside her close family.
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The scientific publication Nature Medicine has published findings from an international clinical trial (DIAN-TU) testing the potential Alzheimer’s drugs solanezumab and gantenerumab in people with a rare
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Over two million people in England are thought to have had one or more COVID-19 symptoms lasting at least 12 weeks according to one of the largest studies of the virus funded by the government.
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A care home in Steyning recently held an awards ceremony to celebrate the achievements of its staff throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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More than three in five adults in the UK have received a second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, securing the fullest possible protection, as the vaccination programme continues at unprecedented pace and scale.
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A team of researchers from the University of Hertfordshire has been awarded funding of almost £1million by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to build research capacity in adult social care
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