Residents At Royal Star & Garter Celebrate Chinese New Year And Pancake Day
Residents at Royal Star & Garter have been kept entertained as they celebrated Chinese New Year and Pancake Day at the charity’s three care homes.
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Nursing Applications In England Up By Over A Third To 48,830
Health and Care Ministers have welcomed the latest figures out today showing the number of applications to undergraduate nursing courses this year is a third higher than last year.
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£18.5 Million To Tackle Long COVID Through Research
People experiencing the longer term effects of long Covid will benefit from £18.5million to fund research projects to help better understand the causes, symptoms and treatment of the condition.
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A Piper For Peggy On Her 100th Birthday
Walstead Place Care Home resident Peggy Chinnock celebrated her 100th birthday this week with a piper and a family visit as well as balloons, a cake and a card from the Queen.
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Low Pay “Insult” Is Kick In The Teeth For Frontline Covid Heroes
The decision by Flintshire County Council to base care home fees on paying half the staff the minimum wage is a “kick in the teeth” for the frontline Covid heroes, it’s been claimed.
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Tech Helps A Modern Care Home Connect While Residents Isolate
DEDICATED staff at a city care home have hailed the importance of an early investment in tech – with it yielding huge benefits during the latest lockdown.
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Surrey Care Leader Steps Down After 48 Years In The Industry
Erica Lockhart, CEO of the Surrey Care Association is set to retire at the end of March, following 48 years of service to the care industry
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Call To Resume Visiting In Care Homes
The National Care Forum – the leading member association for not for profit social care providers – joins with colleagues Age UK, Relatives and Residents Association
Read more...NHS Faces Mammoth Task To Recover Treatment Backlog But Has Never Been COVID-Only
Responding to the report What’s next for the NHS? by think tank Reform, Dr Layla McCay, director of policy at the NHS Confederation, said:
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Local Care Home Ham It Up For Chinese New Year Celebrations
Magnolia Court in Golders Green welcomed the Year of the Pig with a day of celebration and activities, which were a delight for the staff and residents.
Read more...New Technology To Help Identify Those At High Risk From Covid-19
New technology has been introduced in England to help clinicians identify for the first time, a new group of people who may be at high risk from COVID-19
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Stornoway Care Home Residents Receive 2nd Dose Vaccinations
On Tuesday 2nd February 2021One home to have Residents vaccinated with the 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccination.
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Support Workers Raise Funds For Learning Disability Service
People with learning disabilities in Redditch are set to benefit from a refurbished sensory room, after their support workers got on their bikes to raise over £1,700.
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Walk Of Hope In Memory Of Sir Tom
Chief Operating Officer, Sam Manning from Excelcare asked their 33 Care Homes if they would take part in walking a minimum of 1-lap of either an indoor or outdoor space
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92-Year-Old Sunrise Of Hale Barns Resident Virtually Meets With Altrincham Football Club
Stan Riley, a 92-year-old resident at Sunrise of Hale Barns care home, has had a video call with Altrincham Football Club players and the club’s Chair.
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