Testing Offers “Silver Bullet” For Crisis In Care Homes
Two care operators have described the government’s announcement on coronavirus testing for keyworkers as a “silver bullet” for the care sector. In a joint interview,…
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Coronavirus Could Close Of Half Of Welsh Care Homes
A social care leader has warned that half the care homes in Wales could be forced to close unless urgent action is taken. According to…
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Ashton Care Home Gets Fit And Fabulous To Shake Lockdown
Downshaw Lodge in Ashton-under-Lyne is treating residents to fun and fabulous fitness sessions to banish their lockdown blues. Staff at the care home, which caters…
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Haydock Resident Celebrates 100th Birthday
Residents and staff at a care home in Merseyside have joined together to celebrate resident Olive Kenny’s 100th birthday. Lymewood Court Nursing Home in Haydock,…
Read more...New Guarantee On Death In Service Benefits For Frontline Health And Care Staff During Pandemic
The families of health and care workers on the frontline in England will benefit from a new life assurance scheme during the pandemic, developed after…
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Halstead Community Thanked For Supporting People With Learning Disabilities
A group of individuals with learning disabilities and complex needs have been overwhelmed with support from the Halstead community during the coronavirus pandemic. The individuals,…
Read more...Covid-19 Care Death Figures ‘Likely To Be Higher’
Fears over number of care and nursing home deaths Care providers today warned that new figures showing the number of deaths in care and nursing…
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Warning Over Care Provider Survival During Virus
Campaigners today warned that unless the Government steps up funding for local authorities many social care providers could go to the wall as they battle…
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Mobile Coronavirus Testing Units To Target Frontline Workers
Essential workers and the most vulnerable will receive increased access to coronavirus tests after the government unveiled a network of mobile testing units to travel…
Read more...Unacceptable Frontline Staff Have To Work With PPE Fear And Uncertainty
Responding to the PPE survey by the Royal College of Physicians, Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare…
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Glorious Gardens At Borough Care’s Homes
Monday 27 April to Sunday 3 May is National Gardening Week and residents at Borough Care’s eleven homes for older people in Stockport have been…
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Better Information Sharing To Help Clinicians Curing COVID-19
GPs and authorised health and care professionals in the NHS will now be able to access primary care records for patients registered at other practices…
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MPs And Commentators “Misguided” To Call For Care Home Residents To Be Moved Into Hospitals
The Care Association Alliance, a professional body that represents 38 regional Care Associations who between them represent thousands of care services across the UK, have…
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Government Campaign To Recruit Care Workers During COVID-19
A new national recruitment drive has launched to bring “thousands more people” into social care jobs. Leading the charge for ‘Care for Others. Make a…
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Care Home Residents in Armley Deliver Powerful Message to the Community
War veterans at a HC-One care home in Leeds are urging the community to stay at home by delivering a powerful message during lockdown. Staff…
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