Why Care Providers Should Complete The DSPT
In mid-May, Ireland’s National Health Service (HSE) was infiltrated by hackers. The ransomware attack affected many of the Health Safety Executive’s local and national IT systems.
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Music Students Perform Exclusive Gig For Care Home Residents
ASPIRING musicians from Edinburgh College blew care home residents away during a private garden concert.
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The government is being taken to the High Court over its guidance instructing that care home residents isolate for 14 days on first admission to a care home and when they return from an overnight visit outside the home.
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Encore Care Homes Launches 24/7 Rapid Response Team For Older People In A Care Crisis
Encore Care Homes has launched the UK’s first care home Rapid Response Team (RRT) to help older people in a care crisis.
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Chippy Teas All Round At Local Care Home
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Magnolia court care home in Hampstead had a fantastic time celebrating National Fish & Chip Day on Friday 4th June, surely one of the best days of the year!
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The Government And MPs Must Now Recognise The Severity Of Challenges Facing Health And Social Care
Responding to the Health and Social Care committee’s report “Workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care”, Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said:
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FDA Approves Licence For Alzheimer’s Drug Aducanumab In US
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it has granted a licence for the drug aducanumab (known commercially as Aduhelm) in people with Alzheimer’s disease in the US
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Independent Study Reports UK Healthcare Workers Feel Unvalued And Like A ‘Disposable Resource’
More than half of health and social care workers have considered quitting
64% have gone to work sick because they couldn’t afford to take time off
Exemplar Health Care Launches Ground-Breaking Training On Sexuality And Intimacy For Care Home Residents
Exemplar Health Care is launching a training programme for its colleagues to help normalise discussions around sex and disabilities within care homes.
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Minister promises care crisis visit
Pledge follows campaigner’s visit to Westminster
A Government minister has promised to visit care on the frontline following a visit by a campaigner battling to get the Government to tackle a crisis in the way we look after older and vulnerable people.
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#GladtoCare Awareness Week Returns Following The Success Of Initial Launch
Person Centred Software and Autumna are thrilled to announce that #GladtoCare Awareness Week is returning for a second year.
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Social Care Charity Honoured At Pride Of Table Tennis Awards
A unique training programme that promotes table tennis in social care has collected ‘The Inclusion Award’ at the Pride of Table Tennis Awards.
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How Food Businesses Can Uphold World Food Safety Day Every Day
As awareness of food safety is intensified for World Food Safety Day, Kate Thompson, Director Wales, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), reminds all food businesses
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NHS And Social Care Staff Burnout At Emergency Level Says Report
Staff “burnout” with staff in theNHS and social care in England has reached an “emergency” level and risks the future of the health service, MPs have warned.
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Jenny’s Market Day Revival Takes Care Home Residents ‘Down On The Farm’
A care home waitress surprised and delighted one of her residents by tracking down a children’s board game they invented nearly half a century ago.
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