Seafaring Success For Award-Winning Royal Alfred
Banstead-based maritime charity the Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society is celebrating a double win for its staff from the recent Markel 3rd Sector Care Awards. The…
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NHS Long Term Plan To Tackle Major Killer Conditions And Save Up To Half A Million Lives
The NHS Long Term Plan, published today, will save almost half a million more lives with practical action on major killer conditions and investment in world…
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Research Reveals Age-Related Hearing Loss Associated With Increased Depression
A new study found that elderly individuals with age-related hearing loss had more symptoms of depression; the greater the hearing loss, the greater the risk of…
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Healthwatch Network Reveals Top Priorities For 2019
To mark the start of 2019, Healthwatch England has published its annual network priorities list – setting out the key health and care topics that…
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Skills For Care CEO Sharon Allen Has Been Appointed Chief Executive Of Arthur Rank Hospice Charity
Skills for Care CEO Sharon Allen has been appointed Chief Executive of Arthur Rank Hospice Charity who support people in Cambridgeshire living with a life-limiting…
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Carles Maintains ‘Volunteering Is A Privilege’
Carles Forés from Valencia, Spain, recently spent seven weeks volunteering at Fremantle Court care home in Stoke Mandeville. His message for International Volunteer Day (5th…
Read more...Missed GP Appointments Costing NHS Millions
More than 15 million general practice appointments are being wasted each year because patients do not turn up and fail to warn surgeries that they…
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Experimental Drug Shows Promise in Alzheimer’s Mice
Researchers from Yale University in the US have identified an experimental drug that can block a crucial step in the Alzheimer’s disease process, showing it…
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A Wee Bit O’ Celebration For Margaret’s 103rd Birthday
A Bagpiper and Irish dancers descended on HC-One’s Newlands care home in Stockport recently to mark the 103rd birthday of Resident, Margaret Mair. The centenarian…
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Basildon-Based Care Home Manager Praised For Outstanding Leadership
The home manager at Mundy House Care Home in Basildon has been recognised as an outstanding leader by Essex County Council. Josi George received the…
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Hundreds Raised For Residents At Care Home Christmas Fayre
Sycamore Hall Care Home’s annual festive celebration was attended by dignitaries from Ripon City Council alongside staff, residents and their family members. Mayor Cllr Pauline…
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Pip And Pup Are A Christmas Hit At Bridgnorth Nursing Home
Britain’s Got Talent entertainers Pip and Pup were a big hit at a Bridgnorth nursing home’s Christmas party. Singer Pippa Langhorne and her dog Buddy,…
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Only One In 10 Can Identify The Symptoms Of Dementia
Findings of a nationwide study have revealed that Brits are confused around the signs of dementia, with just one in ten able to spot the…
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The Carer’s Christmas Unsung Hero is Announced!
We are delighted to announce The Carer Unsung Hero for Christmas 2018! And the winner is… Wayne Phillips of Select Lifestyles, who provide care for…
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Jubilee Court Hosts Community Event To Tackle Elderly Loneliness
Staff and residents at Jubilee Court care home in Stevenage spread some Christmas spirit as they hosted a free Christmas lunch for elderly people across…
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