‘Keep taking the medicine’ – providers
The medicine is working so let’s stick with it, was the message from care providers today as coronavirus deaths in care and nursing homes continue to fall.
Read more...The activities team at a Wellington dementia care home made the most of National Care Worker Day on 19 February, both to celebrate the extraordinary efforts
Read more...New report launched today identifies the potential to save nearly £1bn for the NHS through the integration of mental health and supported housing in England
Read more...Government adviser Chris Whitty has said that doctors and care workers have a “professional responsibility” to get vaccinated against Covid-19, amid alarming evidence
Read more...The number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 12 February 2021 (week 6) fell to 15,354, which was 1,838 fewer deaths than in the previous week
Read more...Sheffield City Council is set to repeat care home funding mistakes it has implemented in previous years, according to documents presented to the Council’s Scrutiny Committee.
Read more...As part of Random Acts of Kindness Day, the Residents and Colleagues at HC-One’s Bankhouse care home in Hambleton, Poulton-le-Fylde have made
Read more...CARE homes in should be allowed to refuse to employ staff who have not had a Covid vaccination unless they have a justifiable medical reason, say social care leaders.
Read more...Routine indoor visiting of care home residents by relatives, friends and carers will be able to resume from early March with care providers supporting residents
Read more...Residents became passengers at a South East care group as it left its virtual port to embark on a six-month world cruise – offering its residents the holiday of a lifetime despite the pandemic.
Read more...Responding to the latest ONS infection survey, Dr Layla McCay, director of policy at the NHS Confederation, said:
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK warns the drop in the number of people receiving a diagnosis for dementia since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic is ‘extremely concerning’.
Read more...Guarded welcome for 8th March decision
Care providers have given an extremely cautious welcome to a Government announcement that visits can begin again in care and nursing homes following Covid-10 lockdowns.
Read more...Care home residents will be able to be visited indoors by a single named individual from the 8 March as part of the Prime Minister’s roadmap to ease lockdown restrictions.
Read more...Today’s report from The King’s Fund, Integrated Care Systems in London: challenges and opportunities ahead1, finds that health and care organisations across London
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