A virtual event set to celebrate social care in Surrey will include messages of support from various celebrities – who are keen to vocalise their recognition of thanks
Read more...The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has delivered a statement in the House of Commons about the technical glitch which saw approximately 16,000 cases of coronavirus going unreported last week.
Read more...Results also show widespread misconceptions around weight loss, appetite and diet
New research shows released during UK Malnutrition Awareness Week has revealed that a quarter (25%) of people in Britain aged 65 and over ate less during
Read more...Carers call for better information on issues
Care providers are calling on the Government for greater clarity on key issues in the fight against Covid-19 as deaths from the virus in care and nursing homes inch up again.
Read more...St Barnabas Hospice has been given a £110,401 boost as their Dragonfly fundraising campaign nears completion.
Following on from the successful Forget-Me-Not appeal in 2019
Read more...The government’s flagship immigration bill that would end freedom of movement rules in post-Brexit UK has been defeated in the House of Lords, after peers ratified an amendment
Read more...Need to nominate one relative to be a safe visitor
Care providers have written to the Government calling for a single, nominated, and tested visitor to be allowed to visit a family member in care and nursing homes.
Read more...Yesterday evening, the government published the grant conditions for round two of the Infection Control Fund, which sets out how an additional £546 million of funding is to be used to reduce
Read more...Measures introduced to protect older people from COVID-19 may be as detrimental as the virus itself, according to local charitable organisation Belong.
Read more...Responding to the Prime Minister‘s announcement of the 40 hospitals that will be built by 2030 as part of the package worth £3.7 billion of extra capital investment for the NHS
Read more...A resident from Willowbeck, one of the Exemplar Health Care specialist care homes in Sheffield, has raised nearly £1700 in one day for wildlife charities Born Free and Animal Asia.
Read more...Key failings included decisions to discharge thousands of untested hospital patients into care homes and imposition of blanket DNARs
Read more...A national online campaign launched by author and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth to bring young and old together to share the joy of poems has been boosted by a Royal recital.
Read more...From cute carrots to beautiful beans, and radiant roses to delightful daffs, a bumper crop of entries has energised a care home provider’s second annual produce show.
Read more...Care home residents have been raising funds for the fight against dementia with a sponsored charity walk. Fairmile Grange care home in Christchurch recently held a
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