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Dozens of handmade knitted hearts have been given to residents at Royal Star & Garter.
They were gifted to the veterans’ Home in Solihull by Marion Abbott, who made the keepsakes during the lockdowns.
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Orchard House Care Home in Wisbech wanted to make sure that they let their local emergency services know how much they are appreciated, especially yesterday to mark Emergency Services Day.
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New analysis today reveals the NHS unites us in being ‘proud to be British’ – a sentiment shared by over three quarters (77%) of Brits, including the majority of Scots and Welsh people.
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Residents joined members of English National Ballet’s Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Music Director, Gavin Sutherland, to celebrate Last Night of the Proms. They listened and danced along as members
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In August, The Department of Health and Social Care announced that vaccination would become a condition of employment in care homes from 11 November and that those unwilling to get vaccinated
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NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has released its latest data via the Medicines Used in Mental Health report, covering April to June 2021.
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Care England, has welcomed the news that the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has listened to the sector and launched the wider consultation on making the Covid-19 and flu vaccination
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) is appointing a dementia specialist Admiral Nurse onto its wards, with the support of the charity Dementia UK.
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A Cambridgeshire care and rehab community has committed to providing at least the National Living Wage for its frontline care workers, as it seeks to remould perceptions of the care industry
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A consultation is being launched today (September 9) on protecting patients by mandating vaccination for frontline health and social care staff in England.
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The Prime Ministers social care reforms announced this week has been criticised after it emerged the new lifetime cap fails to cover food and housing for care home residents.
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A total of 21 organisations supported by the Department of Health and Social Care and Minister of State for Social Care Helen Whately, have come together to launch the memorial day
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Bed-bound residents at a Hertfordshire care home felt the powerful connection of animal therapy this week when a trio of Shetland ponies visited the home to bring joy and comfort
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The government is seeking views on plans for staff in health and care settings in England to be required to have COVID-19 and flu vaccines to protect vulnerable people.
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By Marties Allen, Managing Director of Wonderkin (UK) – www.wonderkin.co.uk
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