The number of people who died with Covid-19 in each care home in England has been published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with its chief inspector calling out care staff
Read more...Vic Rayner OBE, CEO of the National Care Forum (NCF) – the leading association for not-for-profit care providers responds to the publication of data on deaths in care homes
Read more...Improving the lives of autistic people is the focus of a new multi-million pound strategy launched by the government today.
Backed by nearly £75 million in the first year, it aims to speed up diagnosis and improve support and care for autistic people.
Read more...The government’s mandatory Covid vaccination policy in adult social care could lead to the loss of an estimated 40,000 staff with a replacement costs of £2,500 each to care homes in England
Read more...Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, expresses its deepest sympathies to the relatives of all those care home residents and staff who have died of COVID-19.
Read more...A CARE HOME resident’s wedding dress which was shipped from New York due to clothing rations in the 1950’s has made a 21st century renaissance at her grandsons’ wedding.
Read more...England’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Professor Chris Whitty has recommended a cross-government national strategy to improve the health and wellbeing of coastal communities, as part of his 2021 Annual Report.
Read more...Care providers Care UK and Signature Senior Lifestyle (Signature) have announced that they will be taking over the leadership and management of all of Sunrise Senior Living UK
Read more...Adult social care leaders have come together for the first time to offer a collective vision of what should be in a workforce strategy for the growing sector.
Read more...Care providers have given a cautious welcome to news that reform of social care could be on the way.
Representative body the Independent Care Group (ICG) said it was pleased that care reform seemed to be on the agenda
Read more...Care home operator, New Care, recently broke ground on a stunning, state-of-the-art care facility on Handforth Road in Wilmslow, with practical completion now confirmed for August 2022.
Read more...It’s not every day you have the chance to see and hear professional orchestral players performing live in your own garden.
Read more...63% of customers would feel uncomfortable being looked after by an unvaccinated carer, or having an unvaccinated carer look after a loved one, according to a recent customer survey by live-in care agency Elder.
Read more...Thousands of people suffering with long COVID will benefit from new research programmes backed by £19.6 million to help better understand the condition, improve diagnosis and find new treatments.
Read more...Every adult in the UK has been offered a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine – hitting the Prime Minister’s target ahead of schedule.
A total of 81,959,398 doses have been administered in the UK
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