As part of Essex County Council’s Winter Deconditioning Games, Eastham Care Home, in Woodham Ferrers, have organised a virtual walkathon to raise money for Homeless Veterans UK.
Read more...A Bradford woman who painted hundreds of landscape pictures and Yorkshire landmarks, many of which adorn the walls of local homes, has received a special message
Read more...Plea to support 1.5m older and vulnerable
Failing to provide proper care for our population is a major scandal that can be laid at the feet of the Government, a sector leader has said.
Read more...The national ‘Going the Extra Mile’ competition, run by Holmes Care Group and Impact Healthcare to recognise care workers’ tireless hard work to deliver
Read more...A new survey by Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), which received responses from 94 of the 152 English councils responsible for social services
Read more...Residents of 11 care homes across Lincolnshire are being provided with 10,000 luxury meals prepared by chefs at The Lincoln Hotel to support them through the omicron wave.
Read more...The NHS is still facing several weeks of intense winter pressures, with health leaders urging politicians to avoid complacency around the ongoing threat posed by the virus.
Read more...Government spending on dementia research has decreased says Chi Onwurah, MP for Newcastle Central.
The Conservative Manifesto in 2019 contained a promise to double Research and Development (R&D)
Read more...The offer of free Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to frontline health and social care staff in England has been extended for another year.
Read more...A new report indicates that the NHS backlog is causing people to die before their time, with 86% of surveyed clinicians agreeing that some patients are now terminally
Read more...Upton Bay, a Barchester care home in Poole, recently presented Hamworthy’s Food Bank with a huge donation of food, through funds raised from the home’s Christmas raffle.
Read more...In a survey published by the National Care Forum (NCF), we are seeing an increase in the pressures facing the social care sector as we see the impact of the Omicron
Read more...Isolation rules for care homes have now changed for care homes in England so they only have to close to new residents and visitors for 14 days following a Covid outbreak
Read more...In a world-first, researchers at Newcastle University have found that the brains of infants who sadly passed away with an extremely rare genetic condition, Krabbe disease
Read more...Government plans to deal with a record 5.8 million waiting list for elective care risk being overturned by a crisis in emergency care.
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