Moment To Agree To Reform Social Care Is Now
Responding to the latest Government press briefing, in which it was confirmed that every care home worker and resident will be tested by early June and that
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Confused Guidance Leaves Nursing Staff In Independent Sector Exposed To Covid-19
Nursing staff with underlying health conditions could have no choice but to risk their lives and return to work because of inadequate sick pay, according to the Royal College of Nursing.
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Family Members Plan Birthday Surprise For Telford Care Home Resident
The family of Joseph Maurice Parkinson, a resident at The Farmstead in Telford, ensured he would still have a wonderful 90th birthday despite not being able to visit as usual.
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Guarded Welcome For Care Home Support
Care providers have given a guarded welcome to today’s promise of extra help for care and nursing homes in the battle against coronavirus (Covid-19).
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Lisburne Court Staff Collecting For Local Foodbank
Staff at Borough Care’s Lisburne Court home for older people in Offerton are collecting food for the Stockport Foodbank, based at St Phillip’s Catholic Primary School in Offerton.
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ACAS Launches New Guidance On Mental Health During Coronavirus
Workplace expert Acas has published new guidance to help staff manage their mental health at work during coronavirus.
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Yorkshire Care Home Completes 2.6k Challenge To Support Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
Throughout May, residents at Exemplar Health Care’s Castleford nursing home have been marching together by completing a daily 2.6k challenge, in support of Huntington’s Disease…
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70 Million Face Masks for NHS and Care Workers Through New Industry Deal
More than 70 million face masks will be manufactured in the UK and delivered to frontline health and care workers following an agreement with a…
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CPA Responds To The CQC On The Increase In Deaths Of People With A Learning Disability And Or Autism
The Care Providers Alliance (CPA) has responded to the CQ C data revealing the increase in deaths of people with learning disabilities/autism and has said…
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Hard Road Ahead For Both NHS And Care
NHS England and NHS Improvement has issued an operating framework for urgent and planned services within hospitals, which sets out a series of measures to…
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Gifts Filled With Love For Care Home Families
Families of residents living at a St Helens Nursing Home have been receiving gift bags filled with love and personal messages from their loved ones….
Read more...‘Protecting Older People From Covid-19 Must Not Come At The Expense Of Their Health And Wellbeing’, Warns The British Geriatrics Society
The British Geriatrics Society has warned that the lockdown and social distancing measures, meant to protect vulnerable older people from COVID-19, have led to dangerously…
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Dementia Under Lockdown: The Moving Accounts Of Those Striving To Be Heard
Moving accounts of how life under lockdown has affected people living with dementia have been penned by those living with dementia and carers The online…
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Fundraiser To Run Equivalent Of 19.4 Marathons For Brunelcare In Just Five Months
Kath Embling, 30, is running a massive 510 miles for Brunelcare in just 20 weeks, 40 miles more than running from London to Scotland. The…
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Adult Social Care Campaigner’s Hopes To Get Social Care Funding On The Chancellor’s Agenda
John Woodward OBE, one of the driving forces behind the introduction of childcare vouchers in 2005, is campaigning to get a similar scheme back on…
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