Furry Birthday Boy Brings Joy to Surrey Care Home Residents
To mark National Pet Month in April, residents at RMBI Care Co. Home Shannon Court, in Surrey, have recently enjoyed a friendly visit from Rex,…
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Carer’s Leave Bill passes Committee Stage in the House of Lords
The Carer’s Leave Bill, a Private Member’s Bill brought forward by Wendy Chamberlain MP, has successfully passed Committee Stage in the House of Lords today….
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Only 1 Week To Go Until The Residential & Home Care Show
Join us at The Residential & Home Care Show, the UK’s leadership event for delivering outstanding care, returning to the ExCeL London next week on…
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Scotland to Delay National Care Service Vote
The first vote on a new national care service for Scotland is to be pushed back until after the Holyrood summer recess. In a letter,…
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£1.75 Million Stafford Care Home Officially Opened by Vice Lord-Lt
Falcon House, a new £1.75 million, six-bed care home for adults with a learning disability, developed by the ECHO Group, has been officially opened by…
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CQC Updates “Plan and Approach” for Transformation
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has issued an update on its “complex transformation programme” and evolving inspection strategy. This outlines the regulator’s work so far…
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Poole RNLI Visit is Wish Come True for Ex-Olympic Hopeful Yvonne, 106
One of the UK’s oldest people, a former elite swimmer born halfway through the First World War, enjoyed a wish come true when she revisited…
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Exhibition to Display Art by Carer and Residents at Local Care Home
Southgate Beaumont care home in Southgate will be celebrated the creative talent/ of one of their care assistants and a resident by holding an art…
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We Must Work Collaboratively to Help Sustain the Sector Says Care England
Care England has issued a raft of measures to the sector aimed at reducing costs and curing complexities to create efficiencies. Professor Martin Green OBE,…
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Recognii Offers New Way to Entertain Residents With Later Stage Dementia
The first film created especially for people living with later-stage dementia is offering care homes an inexpensive and accessible new way to entertain residents. ‘Treasure…
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Disingenuous to Link Excess Deaths with Strike Days, says BMA
Responding to reports in the Telegraph linking a rise in excess deaths with the last round of junior doctors’ strikes in England, Professor David Strain,…
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Alpacas Say ‘Hello’ to Care Village Residents
Residents at Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme have enjoyed a springtime start to remember with a special surprise in the form of a pair of alpacas popping in…
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NHS Confederation Responds to RCN and UNISON Pay Ballot Outcomes
Responding to the outcome of RCN and Unison member ballots on the government’s pay offer, Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: “While…
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Physio Sessions Transform Life of Scottish Pensioner
Care resident strides forward after being told he may never walk again WEEKLY physiotherapy sessions have completely transformed the life of an elderly resident who…
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Care Home Open Week Returns with Inaugural ‘Great British Care Cycle Relay’
Championing Social Care, a volunteer-led group of leaders from across the social care sector, has announced it will be hosting Care Home Open Week from…
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