Health Workers Will Need Support Long After The Pandemic
Responding to the IPPR’s Care Fit For Carers report, Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers, which is part of the NHS Confederation, said: “The…
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‘At This Difficult Time, We All Work Together As A Family’ – Brunelcare Recognise The Value Of Social Care By Creating Emotive Video
Brunelcare has captured some heart warming images and videos from across its Care Homes, Extra Care Housing sites, Community Living Schemes and Home Care, to…
Read more...Borough Care’s Helping Families Stay Connected
Borough Care, the largest not-for-profit provider of care for older people in Stockport, is helping residents and their families stay in touch, as the country…
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Government Begins Large Scale Virus Infection And Antibody Test Study
Twenty thousand households in England are being contacted to take part in the first wave of a major new government study to track Covid-19 in…
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Care Staff From The White House Care Home Move In With Residents To Protect Them From Coronavirus
The White House Care Home, in Teignmouth, part of Centrum Group, is a specialist care home for people with dementia. The staff who work there…
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Urgent Need To Support Disabled People And Their Services Through The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
The government response to supporting adult social care through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic needs to be more inclusive to enable the social care sector to…
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Lockdown Bake Off for Care Company’s Birthday
Salutem has held muted celebrations to mark its third anniversary, encouraging staff and service users at many of its 120 services nationwide to hold their…
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Care Homes Tragedy Needs To Be Wake-Up Call Says NHS Confederation
Responding to yesterdays (April 21) Downing Street briefing, Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across healthcare, said: “The tragedy of…
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CQC Books Testing Appointments For Nearly 12,500 Care Staff
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has been contacting adult social care providers to book appointments for their staff to be tested for COVID-19. Since 10…
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LGA Responds To Latest ONS Figures On Coronavirus Community Deaths
Responding to the latest ONS figures on deaths from COVID-19 in the community, which show that up until 10 April nearly 20 per cent of…
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NCF Calls For ‘Ring Of Steel’ Around Care Homes
Ground-breaking data published by the National Care Forum (NCF) gathered from an independent benchmarking exercise of members has revealed COVID-19 related resident deaths within the…
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Shropshire Care Home Offers Skype Calls For Residents Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
A Shropshire care home has been helping residents stay in touch with loved ones through video calling apps. Cloverfields Residential Care Home and Nursing Home…
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University Of Bradford Supports NHS With Deployment Of 400 Students And Staff In Frontline Healthcare Roles
Four hundred midwives, paramedics and other healthcare students are taking up frontline health care roles as part of the University of Bradford’s response to the…
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Government Pledges Extra £1.6 Bn For Councils
Councils across England will receive a further £1.6 billion to help them to deal with the immediate impacts of coronavirus This takes the total funding…
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Spring Visitor Lifts Spirits In Welshpool Care Home
Residents at a care home in Welshpool received a special visitor over the bank holiday weekend, when one staff member turned up to work with…
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