Day Care Service Overwhelmed By Five Figure Donation From Grateful Daughter
A Day Care Service has been blown away by the generosity shown by a grateful daughter who left £10,000 in her will as a thanks…
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Greene King Achieves Dementia Friends Target
Greene King employees have got behind the Alzheimer’s Society’s latest initiative by signing up to become Dementia Friends. More than 1,000 of the pub retailer…
Read more...Social Care Must Not Become The Victim Of This Election Campaign
Without sustainable funding the most significant piece of social care legislation for decades is at risk of becoming a wasted opportunity, warns Alzheimer’s Society As…
Read more...Older People At Higher Risk Of Emergency Cancer Diagnosis
People over 60 are at higher risk of being diagnosed with lung or bowel cancer as an emergency in hospital than younger people, according to…
Read more...HCA Support Of Mps’ Criticism Of The Sale Of Fast Food In Nhs Hospitals
MPs have called on the NHS to play its part in the fight against obesity by banning fast-food outlets from hospitals. Parliament’s Health Select Committee calls for…
Read more...Heathcare Providers Face New Obligations From April
A new statutory duty of candour, which was introduced last year for NHS bodies in England following the Mid Staffordshire public inquiry, will now apply…
Read more...Ken Clarke Gives The Grand His Seal Of Approval
The Right Honourable Kenneth Clarke CH QC MP officially opened The Grand Care Centre, a £7million purpose-built 82 bed care home in West Bridgford, Nottingham….
Read more...Social Care Must Not Become The Victim Of This Election Campaign
Without sustainable funding the most significant piece of social care legislation for decades is at risk of becoming a wasted opportunity, warns Alzheimer’s Society. As…
Read more...Couple At Sheffield Care Home Celebrate Diamond Anniversary
A couple at Silver Lodge Care Home celebrated 60 years of being happily married with a party at the home. Barry Seymour (83) from Firth…
Read more...Services Must Learn From Good And Outstanding Care, Says CQC
Good and outstanding care is centred on the individual, has clear and visible leadership, and has processes and staff that constantly explore ways to improve….
Read more...WHO Ministerial Conference On Dementia Issues Urgent Call For Global Action
Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) welcomes the outcomes of the first World Health Organisation (WHO) Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia. Over 80 countries joined…
Read more...Northumberland Mum In Marathon Effort For Alzheimer’s Research UK
Sarah Hunter from Morpeth will be put through her paces on 26 April when she runs the Virgin Money London Marathon for the first time,…
Read more...Social Care Workers Need New Skills To Survive And Thrive
Employers increasingly seeking hybrid of harder skills alongside traditional soft skills like empathy Management skills increasingly as important as qualifications and experience Almost three-quarters of…
Read more...Care Homes Residents Come Together For Strictly Come Tea Dancing
Residents from several Four Seasons care homes in Northumberland revived the traditional tea dance when they got together for a social afternoon last week at…
Read more...NSA Health Announces First Employer Partners For National Excellence Centre Network
The National Skills Academy for Health (NSA Health) is delighted to announce the healthcare employers who will lead the development of its Excellence Centre network…
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