Saluting Kent’s Veterans
Residents at a care home in Tunbridge Wells were recognised and honoured for their contribution to HM Armed Forces (Saturday 18 July). Ten residents at…
Read more...Residents at a care home in Tunbridge Wells were recognised and honoured for their contribution to HM Armed Forces (Saturday 18 July). Ten residents at…
Read more...Higher school performance and job complexity are both associated with a lower risk of dementia, according to two independent studies presented today (Monday 20 July 2015)…
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has signed up to an important campaign to show the health and social care regulator’s commitment to best practice in…
Read more...New research has unearthed a generation of forward-thinking 60 year olds, with a fifth of people aged 60-69 making adaptations to their homes to make…
Read more...Care and Support Minister Alistair Burt announced earlier this month that the implementation of the £72,000 cap on care costs will be delayed until April…
Read more...ELDERLY Thornaby residents escaped from their care home for a day trip to the Redcar beachfront. Fourteen residents from Mandale House Care Home, on Acklam…
Read more...Latest figures suggest that up to 1.12 million people in the UK could be affected by an outbreak of the infectious winter vomiting bug, ‘norovirus’….
Read more...NCF workforce survey highlights significant challenges for employers of nursing staff in adult social care. The recruitment and retention of nursing staff is clearly a…
Read more...Andy Hayton, 42, from Grantham, will have clocked up over 1,000 miles in the saddle in just five months when he crosses the finish line…
Read more...A resident at a mental health care home in the south west has created a unique exercise facility – a gym housed in a shed….
Read more...The Sun published an article (Tuesday 14th) criticising the amount of money Alzheimer’s Society spends on staff pay. Jeremy Hughes, Chief Executive of Alzheimer’s Society,…
Read more...Responding to the Secretary of State for Health’s 25 year vision for the NHS, Chris Ham, Chief Executive of The King’s Fund, said: ‘There is…
Read more...Researchers in the US have found that there may be differences in the changes that take place in the brains of African Americans and European…
Read more...More than 60 per cent of NHS trust finance directors think controls on agency spending announced in June will not significantly reduce the amount spent…
Read more...Compliance now costs the care industry £21,250 per firm with independent care homes having to stump up £26,000, but the true cost is much higher…
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