The government response to supporting adult social care through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic needs to be more inclusive to enable the social care sector to…
Read more...Salutem has held muted celebrations to mark its third anniversary, encouraging staff and service users at many of its 120 services nationwide to hold their…
Read more...Responding to yesterdays (April 21) Downing Street briefing, Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across healthcare, said: “The tragedy of…
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has been contacting adult social care providers to book appointments for their staff to be tested for COVID-19. Since 10…
Read more...Responding to the latest ONS figures on deaths from COVID-19 in the community, which show that up until 10 April nearly 20 per cent of…
Read more...Ground-breaking data published by the National Care Forum (NCF) gathered from an independent benchmarking exercise of members has revealed COVID-19 related resident deaths within the…
Read more...A Shropshire care home has been helping residents stay in touch with loved ones through video calling apps. Cloverfields Residential Care Home and Nursing Home…
Read more...Four hundred midwives, paramedics and other healthcare students are taking up frontline health care roles as part of the University of Bradford’s response to the…
Read more...Councils across England will receive a further £1.6 billion to help them to deal with the immediate impacts of coronavirus This takes the total funding…
Read more...Residents at a care home in Welshpool received a special visitor over the bank holiday weekend, when one staff member turned up to work with…
Read more...Responding to today’s Downing Street briefing, Dr Layla McCay, director at the NHS Confederation, said: “We know that it will take some time for a…
Read more...Need for government to help local authorities Care providers are calling for better financial support from the Government to help them get through the hardships…
Read more...Responding to the delay in the delivery of PPE from Turkey, Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across healthcare, said:…
Read more...Symptomatic staff working in a greater number of professions will now be able to access coronavirus testing Testing will allow those currently unable to return…
Read more...In response to one of the toughest Coronavirus challenges – the need to keep life as normal as possible for care home residents living with dementia – a local activities organiser has revised plans for spring with…
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