Financial aid still not reaching front line
Campaigners are calling for financial aid to be given directly to care providers to prevent many from going under as they battle coronavirus.
Read more...BOURNEMOUTH East MP, Tobias Ellwood recently made a visit to Encore Care Homes – Fairmile Grange care home in Christchurch where he volunteered his services. Meeting the care team, Mr Ellwood was given an insight into the challenges that face the local care sector during the lockdown.
Read more...Maximising outdoor space and expanding creative horizons are just some of the ways that frontline staff at learning disability services across the country have been supporting some of the most vulnerable adults in society during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read more...Care provider, Heathcotes Group, has been helping to keep its service users engaged during lockdown with a talent contest inviting their services to show off their creative abilities.
Read more...The total number of deaths in the UK due to coronavirus has fallen to a six-week low .
Read more...A 90-year-old care home resident from Cumbria has told of her joy after being able to see her husband again after over a month thanks to the donation of iPads to care homes.
Read more...Join Social Care will accelerate the recruitment process for adult social care
Read more...The country may be in lockdown, but that’s not stopped Lincolnshire-based St Barnabas Hospice from shouting about its success after being nominated for five charity awards for its work in the community.
Read more...Time to start preparing for the recovery of social care
Carers today warned there was no room for complacency in the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19).
Read more...Residents in the dedicated Memory Care Neighbourhood at Sunrise of Fleet have created individual, personalised postcards as part of a project with Creative Minds.
Read more...A Surrey-based care home group and a London school have announced a collaborative project that will see school children and senior residents share experiences and learn from each other.
Read more...Today the Government announced £300m additional funding for local authorities to support the new Test and Trace Service, allowing them to develop and action their plans to reduce the spread of the virus within their areas.
Read more...– 6,500 care homes totalling 140,000 beds at risk of closure –
– Covid-19 has accelerated need for investment into UK healthcare property sector –
Read more...Deaths in social care settings from coronavirus have demonstrated the urgent need for a complete overhaul of the care system straightaway, campaigners said today.
Read more...Innovative medicine with promising results in clinical trials to be made available to selected UK COVID-19 patients
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