Social Care Sector To Receive £269 Million To Boost Staffing Levels And Testing
The impact of the new variant is being felt across the country, with staff absence rates rising sharply both in care homes and among home care staff
Read more...The impact of the new variant is being felt across the country, with staff absence rates rising sharply both in care homes and among home care staff
Read more...More than one in 10 adults in the UK (14%) believe their brain health has declined since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, new polling by Alzheimer’s Research UK
Read more...Concerted action is required in order to increase the number of years spent in good health in old age, according to a report.
Read more...Royal Star & Garter, a charity which provides loving, compassionate care to veterans and their partners living with disability or dementia, is celebrating its 105th birthday.
Read more...Residents and staff at Elm Bank Care Home in Kettering, Northamptonshire, have applauded General Manager, Jessica Pateman, for going above and beyond in her role
Read more...Tegfield House care home in Winchester brought glamour and glitz to a 100th birthday party for much-loved resident, Lady Zena David.
Read more...The staff of a Somerset fish and chip shop have won praise for their helpful attitude from a local dementia care home for ‘making no bones’ about taking long
Read more...NHS hospitals, clinics and pharmacies across 40 more trusts will be able to save staff time and money by rolling out digital shift planning
Read more...With the UK entering its third national lockdown, and care homes being amongst the hardest hit part of society, it is always getting trickier to find new ways
Read more...By Steve Morgan, Partnership Director, Agilisys (www.agilisys.co.uk)
Covid-19 has turned the daily rhythms and routines of everybody upside down, not least of which those within the nursing
Read more...The National Care Forum (NCF), in December launched ‘Caring in COVID’ – a collection of stories about care, communities and leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more...Winchester-based charity, The Brendoncare Foundation is delighted to announce that residents and staff at Brendoncare Froxfield have now received their first Covid-19 vaccinations.
Read more...Residents at Kingsgate care home in East Kilbride are beating the January blues and have embarked on a month-long virtual cruise across the world.
Read more...Recently, the team at Hunters Down Care Home in Cambridge received a generous donation of some beautiful new scrubs from the Butterfly Legacy Project.
Read more...The BMA is calling on Public Health England to urgently review the adequacy of its PPE guidance for healthcare staff amid growing concerns that inadequate PPE
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