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There’s still time to have your say on the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) plans to change the way it inspects, monitors and rates care services.

A quarter of over-65s are struggling financially, according to new research for Age UK, despite up to £5.5 billion in financial help going unclaimed every

Avente Partnership‘s Amherst Court in Chatham, held the opening of their Sensory Garden last Friday and 15 volunteers from the local Barclays Bank branch helped

Researchers in the US and Italy have linked an unlikely protein to Alzheimer’s disease protection in mice. The transthyretin (TTR) protein can clump together abnormally

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has secured a 57% increase in the number of new registered managers across 2439 health and social care services targeted

Care UK, the leading health and social care provider, has partnered with Manchester Camerata to carry out research into the effects of music therapy on

The integration of health and social care is high on the political agenda and will provide the theme for ‘Better Together. The Road to Integrated

The standards which set out what social workers should expect from their employers have been revised and re-launched by local authorities, health and social care

Award-winning garden designer Adam Frost secures another Gold medal at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show for the Homebase Garden – ‘Time to Reflect’ in

As the Early Action Taskforce, led by Community Links, launches its new publication Looking Forward to Later Life, major children’s and youth charities have urged

New leaflets tackle confusion that puts patients at risk The Lewy Body Society is launching two new information leaflets to improve recognition of Lewy body dementia, the second

Broadcaster Sally Magnusson will discuss the power of personalised music for people with dementia when she speaks at a collaborative healthcare event later this month.

Employers, learning providers, awarding organisations and other stakeholders are invited to take part in a consultation on the Adult Social Care Worker Apprenticeship Standards. Apprenticeship

Monday 19 May saw the CQC host its first ever round table discussion around the hotly debated topic – covert surveillance. Attended by key representatives

More than 40 per cent of people affected by dementia have kept concerns about the condition bottled up, according to a poll carried out by