Care home residents and their family and friends will soon be able to enjoy longer visits together and greater personal interaction, Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has announced.
Read more...A care village experience coordinator from Crewe has been named Activity Personality of the Year 2020. Natalie Ravenscroft, of Belong Crewe care village, took home the National
Read more...‘Intrepid travellers’ at a Winchester care home have enjoyed a week-long European odyssey designed as a resident’s birthday treat.
Read more...Responding to the Prime Minister’s announcement about the creation of a three tier alert system for England, Dr Chaand Nagpaul, the BMA chair of council said:
Read more...Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of specialist nursing care for adults living with a range of complex and high acuity needs, opened its £3.1 million state-of-the-art
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has reiterated its commitment to continue to regulate care and hospital locations over the coming months to support organisations
Read more...Second wave impacting upon care
Urgent reform of the way the country cares for older and vulnerable people is vital if it is to cope with the second wave of coronavirus and an uncertain future, care providers warned today.
Read more...Locked down residents at Belong have been going for gold by travelling the world on their bikes — all from the comfort of their care villages. With the help of their support workers
Read more...Health and social care staff and volunteers across the UK have been celebrated in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours, with their incredible work during the pandemic particularly highlighted.
Read more...Tributes have been paid to the oldest female skydiver and Welsh charity founder, Dilys Price OBE, who has died at the age of 88.
Read more...A survey by the Local Government Association (LGA) study had found that councils in England have seen their core funding from central government reduce by £15bn in the last decade.
Read more...More than £400 million will be committed over the next four years to eradicate dormitory accommodation from mental health facilities across the country to improve the safety, privacy and dignity of patients suffering with mental illness.
Read more...The West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN) has launched the Safety Innovation & Improvement Fund, giving individuals and teams working in health
Read more...Brunelcare’s Director of Nursing and Care Homes, Sandra Payne, has been recognised with an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
Read more...Responding to the Government’s pledge of over £400 million to remove dormitories from mental health facilities, Sean Duggan, chief executive of the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network, said:
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