It’s Time For A Digital Upgrade In Our Non-Acute Settings
By Kevin Sample, Senior Consulting and Business Development Manager at GHX (www.ghx.com/en) Unlike the traditional challenges of winter flu season, the COVID-19 pandemic saw a
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Why ‘Care Hotels’ are Not the Answer
By Barry Price, QCS Specialist Contributor (www.qcs.co.uk) If you ever find yourself looking for a hotel, I’m sure you will have at some point used
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Signature at Esher Raises £110 For Local Hospice with ‘PJ Day’
Signature at Esher hasraised £110 for the twilight nurses at the local hospice, The Princess Alice Hospice,with their ‘PJ Day’heldon 11th February. For the third
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Surrey Council Sets Out plan to Improve Care Choices for Older People
Older people with complex needs will be given greater choice over their care and support under a new plan for adult social care in Surrey.
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Proposals to Close Bexhill on Sea Care Home Announced
Residents and staff at MHA Richmond care home in Bexhill on Sea run by Methodist Homes (MHA) are being consulted on proposals to close the
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Fun at Essex Care Homes Celebrating Dignity Week
Residents and team members at two care homes in Bocking, near Braintree, held a special Dignity Week to shine a light on dignity and diversity
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Local Wallington Residents Involved in National Dementia Advisory Group
Two residents at Wallington Extra Care scheme, Dymond House, have been involved in a project with The University of Worcester to help people living with dementia.
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NHS Leaders Sound the Alarm Over Government’s ‘Living with Covid’ Proposals
Elective treatments, access to general practice and other routine care provided by the NHS could become disrupted if further strains of coronavirus are allowed to
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Four Acres Care Home Residents Spruce Up their Garden Ready for Warmer, Spring Days
Residents at Four Acres, in Studley, Warwickshire, have embraced the weather this week, spending time in their gardens. To get their garden ready for warmer,
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Reuben Brothers and Welltower Announce “Strategic Partnership
Global investor Reuben Brothers has entered into a long-term strategic partnership with Welltower. As part of the agreement, Reuben Brothers has acquired Avery Healthcare, Welltower’s
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New Enhanced Network for Primary Care
The NHS Confederation is launching a new powerful voice for the sector – supporting, connecting and empowering primary care leaders to maximise the impact they
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Less Well-Off Could say “Goodbye to Financial Relief from the ‘Social Care Cap”
Age UK has issued a warning ahead of crucial upcoming debate in the House of Lords on the Health and Social Care Bill, as the Government undermines its own reform scheme
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Care Home Fire- “Action Needed” says Coroner
Action is needed to prevent future deaths after two elderly women were killed in a care home blaze, a coroner said.
Two residents died when a fire broke out at a Care home
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Endurance Athlete Takes on 17 Marathons in 17 Days for Dementia Research
Louis Alexander will run 17 marathons in 17 days to raise thousands of pounds for Alzheimer’s Research UK marking the 17 years his grandfather lived
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‘Missed Opportunity’ to Tackle NHS and Social Care Staff Shortages
In what has been described as a “missed opportunity” the government has rejected the Health and Social Care Committee’s recommendation to overhaul workforce planning. The
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