A group of medical experts have expressed concerns over a COVID-19 anti-body test for health and social care staff.
The government has procured 10 million test kits month, with the first phase of the testing program, evaluating the NHS and social workers.
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK is strongly urging the government to address the impact COVID-19 has had on people living with dementia and says it has never been a more critical time to invest in dementia research.
Read more...During the challenging Coronavirus lockdown period with restricted visits, residents at St Johns Nursing Home in Droitwich have found a welcome
Read more...Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare’s Clinical Development and Leadership training programme has received re-accreditation from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) for the fifth year.
Read more...A Powys care homeowner is so disillusioned with the unfair postcode lottery system of residential care funding in Wales that he’s calling for an urgent investigation.
Read more...This week, family-run Morris Care is shining a spotlight on the local communities that surround its six Nursing Homes to extend a heartfelt thank you.
Read more...Care England has welcomed the establishment a national support service for care workers.
Read more...Men working in social care in England and Wales are 2.5 times more likely to die from Covid-19 than working-age men as a whole, the Office for National Statistics has found.
Read more...Two billion items of PPE have been delivered to NHS and social care staff across the UK since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Government has announced today.
Read more...The team at Mill Lane Nursing Home in Felixstowe has held a garden party for its residents to celebrate the ‘strength and resilience’ that everyone has shown throughout the pandemic.
Read more...The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman will be resuming all existing casework and taking on new complaints through its website from next week (29th).
Read more...The first Caring Homes Wellbeing Day took place on Friday with all 69 homes taking part in the run up to this week which is World Wellbeing Week.
Read more...HC One’s Appleton Manor Resident Billy celebrated his 65th wedding anniversary with this wife Doreen today. Wellbeing Coordinator, Sarah, wanted to make sure this day…
Read more...A care home resident has received a tear-jerking gift from staff at Hope House care home in Accrington.
Read more...Approximately 10,000 people in care homes will be given repeat testing as part of a new Government study into coronavirus to understand more about its spread in these settings.
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