The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has today published guidance aimed at supporting people with social care needs to leave hospital in a…
Read more...The New Deanery residential care home in Bocking has picked up The Care Home Nutrition and Hydration Award at The Great British Care Awards’ East…
Read more...The local MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, Nicola Blackwood, visited Oaken Holt Care Home, Farmoor, Oxford, on Friday 27 November to meet with the…
Read more...Andrea James, a Community Care Assistant at Audley Care Darley Dale, has been honoured at the East Midland Great British Care Awards where she received…
Read more...The UK Chancellor, George Osborne, used the autumn budget last week to announce the details of the Apprenticeship Levy, which is set to help generate…
Read more...Harleston House care home in Lowestoft brought festive season early for two if its residents by making their wishes come true as part of the…
Read more...Yorkshire scientists are inviting the public to a free meeting in Bradford on 10 December, to discuss current dementia research. The meeting will include a…
Read more...Discussing care with your family continues to be taboo reveals Partnership’s Fourth Care Index with 78% of over-65s admitting that they have not thought about…
Read more...Comensura Social Care Index reveals: Top heavy temporary social care workforce and hiring policies Rising pay rates Over 45s are taking opportunities from the under…
Read more...A care home receptionist in Skipton and an 87 year old man from Horsham are the joint winners of a national Christmas card competition run…
Read more...The Royal Star & Garter Home in Solihull won two awards at the 6th National Dementia Care Awards in Birmingham on Friday 13 November. The…
Read more...The ability to raise council tax by 2% above existing thresholds, with those funds ring-fenced ‘exclusively’ for social care, is unlikely to make an impact…
Read more...Nursing home leaders have given a mixed reaction to the Chancellor’s Spending Review announcement of additional funds for social care, warning that the plans amount…
Read more...Staff and residents at a Nottingham care home have enjoyed a rather grand Thanksgiving celebration. Inspired by their American colleague and their own fond memories…
Read more...The Spending Review: Chancellor Fails Social Care Test Today the Chancellor George Osborne presented his spending review to Parliament. This sets out the Government’s spending…
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