Working In Care Homes During Covid19: New Training Resource
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has today published a training resource to support pharmacists and pharmacy technicians newly deployed to care
Read more...The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has today published a training resource to support pharmacists and pharmacy technicians newly deployed to care
Read more...UK wide health care group Hales Care has rolled out wellbeing schemes for their staff during this challenging period.
Read more...Care home group, Oakland Care, is bringing residents and families ‘face-to-face’ for the first time since visits were restricted for relatives due to the coronavirus lockdown.
Read more...11.9 million Britons lack the digital skills they need for everyday life
Lockdown measures risk leaving most vulnerable behind as they fail to access the goods and services they need
Local Somerset boy, James Byrne, 16, has pledged to skip for 20 minutes straight every day, for a month, (31 days) to raise money for Brunelcare, a charity supporting older people in the South West.
Read more...Elderly residents at care homes in Sheffield have been delighted to receive letters and artwork from local teenagers giving them messages of support and hope during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more...Over 100 new suppliers contracted around the world to significantly boost UK PPE supply
Read more...26% of residents across four nursing homes died between March and May, three times the rate in previous years
Read more...New research shows that nearly three-quarters (6.4 million) people aged 70 and over in Great Britain are worried about the effect that Coronavirus is
Read more...A visiting artist has brought the seaside to The Hall care home in Thornton-le-Dale, where residents were missing their visits to the beach during lockdown.
Read more...Priory Court Care Home, in Ewell village have two new “pets”. These interactive Pet cats were given a very warm welcome from the residents,
Read more...Responding to the launch of the NHS Test and Trace service, Danny Mortimer, deputy chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said:
Read more...Everyone at The Manor House in Little Weighton enjoyed some delicious treats thanks to the grandson of one of the residents.
Read more...Financial aid still not reaching front line
Campaigners are calling for financial aid to be given directly to care providers to prevent many from going under as they battle coronavirus.
Read more...BOURNEMOUTH East MP, Tobias Ellwood recently made a visit to Encore Care Homes – Fairmile Grange care home in Christchurch where he volunteered his services. Meeting the care team, Mr Ellwood was given an insight into the challenges that face the local care sector during the lockdown.
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