Government requests medicines regulator evaluate whether supply of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine can be authorised
Vaccine must first meet the UK’s high standards of safety, efficacy and quality
Move would mean potentially faster access to the vaccine for UK patients, if approved
Responding to the Chancellor’s Comprehensive Spending Review Dr Chaand Nagpaul, BMA council chair, said:
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, social care provider Optalis has adapted its Day Services to ensure continued support to the local community across Wokingham, Windsor and Maidenhead.
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A Resident at HC-One’s Larchwood care home, in Essex, turned 100 last week and to mark the special occasion, Colleagues went that extra step further for Winifred Woodham.
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The Relatives & Residents Association (R&RA) has accused the government of giving with one hand and taking with the other with its policy of banning care home residents
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Resident Elsie Lemming from at HC One’s Willow Brook care home is celebrating her 102nd birthday.
Elsie had some fabulous balloons and received plenty of cards and gifts from her loved ones.
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Colleagues and Residents at HC One’s White Gables care home enjoy some time at ‘Foggy’s Bar’.
Rachael Fogg, the unit manager at the Lincoln care home, had an idea to make one of the small lounges at the home into a bar.
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HC-One’s Roseland Court Care Home in Truro, Gittisham Hill House Care Home in Honiton and Bereweeke Court Care Home in Winchester are taking part in the Department of Health
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Vic Rayner, Executive Director of the National Care Forum responds to the Chancellor’s spending review.
“The Spending Review is a catastrophe for social care. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the government has consistently talked
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A new report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed that adult social care providers were not adequately supported by government in obtaining PPE and came very close to running out during the pandemic.
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New data released today shows that care homes who pioneered an innovative telemedicine approach to assessing residents following a fall, have seen a significant reduction
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending review has been described as a ‘catastrophe’ for the social care sector.
Addressing the House of Commons, the Chancellor said that local authorities access to an extra £1 million next year, however councils would be unlikely
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Colin Evans, 95, and his dog Rusty are set to do 50 laps around their Gracewell of Sway care home in an ambitious attempt to raise £500 for Cancer Research UK.
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New visiting regime and vaccination will stretch providers
Over-stretched are providers are calling for urgent help as they face a mountain of work to enable visiting to resume and the vaccination programme to begin.
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By Pip Stevens, Head of Partnership and Alliances, QCS (www.qcs.co.uk) with Becky Newman, Associate Director of Howden Care
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