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A new report by The Royal College of Emergency Medicine ‘Beds in the NHS’ shows that 13,000 staffed beds are required in the NHS across…
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By Llinos Bradley, Senior Data Protection Consultant at Gemserv (https://gemserv.com) In November last year, the UK Government announced that the COVID-19 vaccination would become a…
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A care assistant at a Scarborough based home took on the gruelling Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge and has so far managed to raise more than…
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By Jo Crossland, Head of Dementia Care, Avery Healthcare (www.averyhealthcare.co.uk) Mood-altering or behaviour modifying medication to treat ‘behaviour’ in dementia care has long been a…
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By Suman Saha, Co-founder and Medical Director at Doctify (https://www.doctify.com/uk) Word of mouth in social care is now taking place online. As a digital-first society,…
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A resident at a Basildon care home has celebrated her 100th birthday. Florence Ponti (Flo) marked the special occasion at Mundy House care home, on…
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By Hourglass’ CEO Richard Robinson. Sadly, the abuse of older people is not a new issue, but one that has now reached a critical threshold…
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Children from a Bocking nursery were back visiting delighted elderly residents of a nearby care home after more than two years away. After the Covid-19…
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Evolve Care Group’s (www.evolvecaregroup.com) writer Beth Tingle, covers the life histories surrounding the organisations many care and nursing homes and the extraordinary people that live…
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By Denis Kinane, Immunologist and Founding Scientist at Cignpost Diagnostics (www.cignpostdiagnostics.com) Last week, it was reported that the UK Health Security Agency, the public health…
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By Sadie Besley, senior operations director, Randstad UK (www.randstad.co.uk) Care homes are suffering epic staff shortages. Staff burnout is sky high; some care teams have…
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By Barry Price, QCS Specialist Contributor (www.qcs.co.uk) In early March, Sajid Javid set an ambitious but necessary target for the social care sector. The Health…
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We here at the CARER are thrilled to announce that Tony Postiglione, a support worker at Meadowview Nursing Home in Calow Chesterfield is our latest…
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A Scottish researcher based at the University of Dundee has received £235,000 to investigate how changes to the barrier between the blood supply and the…
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With Global Day of Parents set for June 1st, a Cheshire care home has welcomed reality TV star and medical student Priya Gopaldas to its…
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