Most Care Homes Work To High Standards – Providers Respond To Panorama
Representatives from around the care industry and written a letter to the Guardian newspaper in response to the BBC had Panorama programme on alleged abuse…
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Survey Says People Prepared To Give Up Social Life If They Had To Become Unpaid Carers
To mark the launch of a new website and online community specifically designed for unpaid young adult carers, the UK’s largest carers’ charity, Carers Trust,…
Read more...Good Leadership Is The Best Way To Prevent Poor Practice, Says National Skills Academy
The National Skills Academy for Social Care, the employer led organisation developing social care leaders, expressed its concern today at yet another exposé on Panorama…
Read more...NHS Funding Increase Needed As Financial Crisis Looms
A significant increase in funding is needed to prevent a financial crisis in the NHS, according to a new report from The King’s Fund. The…
Read more...Four Seasons Health Care To Host Mentorship Conference For Nurses In The Independent Sector
Four Seasons Health Care will be hosting the first Mentorship Conference for nurses in the independent sector, in association with the Northern Ireland Practice and…
Read more...Care Home Receives Recognition For Brain Injury Support
A Ledbury care home, which specialises in acquired brain injury services, has secured the prestigious Headway Approved Provider accreditation for the third time. The two-year…
Read more...Four Seasons Health Care Nurses Nominated For The RCN Northern Ireland Nurse Of The Year Awards 2014
Four outstanding nurses from Four Seasons Health Care have been nominated for the prestigious Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year…
Read more...Northumberland Care Home Staff Go The Extra Mile For Residents
Members of staff at Debaliol Nursing Home, which is part of care home operator Bondcare and is based in Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland, are…
Read more...Akari Care Invests In Nantwich Care Home
Austerson-based Church House care home is undergoing a major refurbishment as part of Akari Care’s £12 million investment programme in its homes throughout the UK….
Read more...Top Nursing Officer From DoH Vists Barchester Homes
The Department of Health’s Deputy Chief Nursing Officer, Dr David Foster, toured two Barchester care homes with Professor Trish Morris-Thompson who heads up the care…
Read more...Care Home Managers Invited To Care Quality Seminar
Care home managers in South Gloucestershire are being invited to a seminar next month (May, 2014) looking at quality in health and social care. The…
Read more...Learning Disability Census: New Analysis Including Anti-Psychotic Medication Use And Physical ‘Incidents’ For Inpatients
New analysis of the 2013 Learning Disability Census3, commissioned in response to events at Winterbourne View Hospital is published by the Health and Social Care…
Read more...Solutions for Care Homes
Whether you are looking to make some small improvements to your care setting, give your care home a complete overhaul or just want to keep…
Read more...Welsh Care Expert Supports IPPR Report
THE BOSS of an award-winning care organisation in Wales has endorsed the findings of a national report published today (April 24, 2014) by the Institute…
Read more...Surrey Grandmother Marks 70th Birthday By Cycling 350 Miles For Alzheimer’s Research UK
Carol Franklin-Adams is gearing up to celebrate her 70th birthday by cycling from her home in Ewhurst to Land’s End in Cornwall, to boost funds…
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