On 6th October, the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, visited Exemplar Health Care’s £3.1 million specialist nursing home in Newcastle upon Tyne, to mark its first-year anniversary.
Read more...Two residents at Sunrise of Frognal care home, have recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary.
Ray and Joesphine Beven marked the big occasion by sitting down to a lovely
Read more...Serving members of the military and an Army veteran have raised money for Royal Star & Garter by taking part in the Royal Parks Half Marathon.
Read more...The latest report from Skills for Care reveals the significant impact the pandemic has had on both the short and long-term challenges faced by the workforce.
Read more...This October, Playlist for Life, a UK charity that encourages the use of personal music for people living with dementia, has announced that it will support
Read more...Residents at a Surrey care home have been able to enjoy their first trip out on a new trishaw bike – enjoying a sunlit sightseeing tour of the estate where the home
Read more...Early last week (5th October), the Deputy Lord Mayor of Bradford visited Exemplar Health Care’s new £5 million specialist nursing home, to mark its official opening.
Read more...The Royal College of Nursing today (12 October) launched its indicative ballot of members working in the NHS in Scotland on industrial action.
Read more...THE Government continues to ignore a crisis in social care that left the care of our oldest and most vulnerable exposed to the Covid-19 pandemic, providers said today.
Read more...The government waited too long to enforce a lockdown in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, missing a chance to control the disease, leading to thousands
Read more...Vaccine clinical trial participants are to be offered the option to get additional vaccine doses from next week, to ensure they can travel abroad to countries which currently only accept vaccination
Read more...A care home has welcomed reality TV star and NHS doctor, Dr Alex George, to meet some of its residents, as he embarks on a campaign to push mental health awareness ahead of Mental Health
Read more...Housing must better meet the diverse needs of older people living with dementia, as well as those from LGBT+ and BAME backgrounds – social care and housing sector experts heard
Read more...The growing adult social care sector and its skilled workforce contributes £50.3 billion to the English economy according to a new report published by Skills for Care.
Read more...Under current government spending plans, council tax increases of 3.6% per year will be needed for the next three years just to ensure councils can provide the same range and quality of services
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