The UK healthcare sector has seen stifled supply growth in care home beds in the past year despite ever-increasing demand, with data from leading global property adviser Knight Frank revealing that UK care
Read more...16th September is the last date for care home workers to get their first dose of the COVID vaccine so they are fully vaccinated by the time the compulsory vaccines regulations come into force
Read more...A LOCAL Edinburgh bagpiper has been moving care home residents to tears with nostalgic melodies.
Read more...A new £48m package of funding to support social care in Wales has been announced by deputy minister for social services Julie Morgan.
Read more...Skills for Care has announced that the Workforce Development Fund (WDF) 2021-22 is now open to adult social care employers in England to support the development of their staff at all levels, offering funding for a wide range of qualifications, learning programmes and digital learning modules. The fund, which Skills for Care distributes on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care, helped over 14,000 people in 2020/21.
Read more...Responding to a statement in the House of Commons by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid, on the government’s plan for managing COVID-19 over autumn and winter
Read more...Louise Damms, the manager of Care UK’s Cheviot Court care home in South Shields, was selected of one of 13 people to be thanked in a very public way along the course of last weekend’s Great North Run.
Read more...The government’s failure to deal with the growing staffing crisis in social care risks worsening the mounting mental health toll on workers, says UNISON today (Wednesday).
Read more...Millions of vulnerable people are to be offered a COVID-19 booster vaccine from next week as the government confirms it has accepted the final advice from the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).
Read more...Residents at Coombe End Court in Marlborough met racehorse Ouzbeck earlier this month as part of a six-week pilot project to learn about the impact of horses on the wellbeing of elderly care home residents
Read more...Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Health Secretary Sajid Javid and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak were greeted by Excelcare Chairman, Osman Ertosun and Chief Operating Officer
Read more...Modus Care, a care provider which runs specialist services in the South West, has taken over the operation of two services which provide support for local people with support needs
Read more...Care home staff have launched legal action against the government and Health Secretary Sajid Javid for proposing a mandatory Covid vaccine requirement as a condition of work for care workers
Read more...Care home residents are belting out songs as part of their fitness regime.
The people living in Pendine Park’s Penybryn home in Wrexham were in full voice as they enjoyed a SingFit session to aid their physical, emotional and mental health.
Read more...Care England continues to challenge the Government for more support for the workforce crisis in the adult social care sector.
Professor Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive of Care England, says:
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