Lundy Ward Named National Champions For Enhancing Patient Dignity
The Lundy Ward team at North Devon District Hospital have been crowned the overall winners of the Enhancing Patient Dignity Award at the Nursing Times…
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Research Helps Understand How Doctors Recognise When A Patient Is Dying
Research published in the journal BMJ Open has identified the key signs and symptoms that expert doctors use to recognise when terminally ill patients are…
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Care Village Hits The Right Note With Opera Workshops
Residents at care village Belong Morris Feinmann in Didsbury were treated to a series of opera workshops from SoundUp Arts, a community music service in…
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Ex-RAF Pilot’s Christmas Card Design Raises Money For Veterans’ Charity
An RAF veteran is helping the charity which cares for him to raise money by designing one of its Christmas cards. Ted’s Winter Scene watercolour…
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Employees With Early Onset Dementia Lack Support In The Workplace
Employees with early onset dementia face a lack of support at work and early dismissal, with those working in low paid employment losing their jobs…
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Care Home Plea For Clarity On Policy
The head of a care home network has made an appeal for the Government to clarify the future of social care policy due out soon…
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Eden Futures Win Prestigious Healthcare Award
A national supported living provider has won the Supported Living accolade at the prestigious LaingBuisson Awards 2018 ceremony Eden Futures was up against nine other…
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Worcester Warriors Win National Dementia Award
Warriors were named Dementia Friendly Organisation of the Year -Small and Medium category at the National Dementia Friendly Awards held at The Royal Horseguards in…
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Research Reveals The Extent Of Loneliness In The UK
Lonely adults in the UK fear something will happen to them and no one will notice, according to new research into loneliness and isolation by…
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Winners At The Great British South West Care Awards 2018
Winners of the Great British South West Care Awards 2018 have been announced – and include two Brunelcare winners! Friday 16th November saw over 400…
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Campaign Launched To Care For Orangutans And The Planet
A call has gone out to care homes across England to support a new campaign against single-use plastic and the wholesale destruction of rainforests to make…
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Dorset Dementia Care Home Honours ‘Amazing’ Lives Of Residents
A Dorset dementia care home has held an awards ceremony to recognise the ‘amazing lives and experiences’ of its residents before staff got to know…
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Full Steam Ahead As Mike, 83, Takes To The Footplate
Train enthusiast Mike Naylor was left well and truly chuffed after a Dorset dementia care home arranged for a taster experience on the Swanage Railway….
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Orbis Education And Care Acquires Its First School And Residential Home In England
Wales-based Orbis Education and Care has bought its first school and residential home in England in a multi-million-pound deal. Orbis Abbey Rose in Gloucestershire will…
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Government Unveils £3.5bn Healthcare Funding Boost
Primary and community care will receive a £3.5bn real-terms increase in funding by 2023/24 as part of the government’s long-term plan for the NHS, prime…
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