‘A Million Hands’ Partnership With The Scouts Association
Improving Dementia Education and Awareness Mel Howard, Quality Assurance Manager of Stocks Hall Nursing & Care Group, was honoured to accept an invitation to speak
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Mulberry Court Celebrates Triple Success In National Dementia Care Awards
Mulberry Court, The Fremantle Trust’s 24-bed dementia specialist care home in rural Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, has won a trio of awards at a prestigious
Read more...GMB Welcome Welsh Government Registration Of All Social Care Workers By 2022
This will enable the continual development of the workforce, while professionalising the social care sector and safeguarding the most vulnerable in society say GMB GMB,
Read more...Quality Compliance Systems (QCS) Has Appointed Ed Watkinson As Their New Head Of Care Quality And Compliance
Quality Compliance Systems (QCS) has appointed Ed Watkinson as their new Head of Care Quality and Compliance. Ed has experience across a variety of roles
Read more...Major New Report Reveals Care Sector Could Face A Shortfall Of 1 Million Workers In The Next Twenty Years
Care sector faces crisis as huge new care workforce gap revealed The adult social care sector in England faces a gap of 200,000 care workers
Read more...Mental Health Services Take A ‘Leap In The Dark’ On Patient Care
Large-scale changes to mental health services are a ‘leap in the dark’ and are having a negative impact on patient care, says a briefing published
Read more...More Than 46,000 Older People Stripped Of Their Meals On Wheels Service
The findings, released to mark Meals on Wheels Week, show that in just three years spending on ‘Meals on Wheels’ for older people aged 65
Read more...The Care Collapse: The Imminent Crisis In Residential Care
The interim report of think-tank ResPublica was widely covered in the press last week. ResPublica (in partnership with Four Seasons Health Care, HC-One, and GMB) has undertaken
Read more...Care Home Worker’s African Project Gets The Thumbs Up From Residents
A Sheffield care home is set to back a project to build a school in the hometown of one of its most popular workers. Residents
Read more...Craegmoor Care Home Scoops ‘Best Residential Care Award’ At Prestigious Ceremony
A residential care home in March, Cambridgeshire, run by Craegmoor which is part of the Priory Group, is celebrating after winning Best Residential Care Award
Read more...Adult Social Care Complaints To The Ombudsman On The Increase
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) is publishing its complaints statistics for adult social care – including data for both councils and private care providers –
Read more...Campaign To Tackle Illegal Working In The Care Sector Begins
Last week, the Home Office launched Operation Magnify, a UK-wide enforcement and compliance initiative to prevent illegal working in the care sector. During the week
Read more...Embrace Group Celebrates After Staff Awarded For Excellence At The Welsh Care Awards
Embrace is celebrating after four members of staff won awards at the annual Welsh Care Awards in Cardiff, cementing the organisation’s reputation for delivering high
Read more...ARMY Veteran Alan Conlin And Other Residents At A Stockton-On-Tees Care Home Welcomed Serving Soldiers On Armistice Day
Alan, 81, welcomed the visitors and shared stories of his past career in the army, proudly displaying the medals he was awarded during his travels
Read more...Alzheimer’s Patients’ Health Care Costs Higher Already Before Diagnosis
The health care costs of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) start to increase already one year before the diagnosis, shows a new study from
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