A Government consultation into addressing the challenges facing the adult social care workforce has been launched. In a consultation launched in partnership with Skills for Care,…
Read more...Dartford’s newest centenarian celebrated her birthday this week and was treated to a surprise birthday cake by her home care provider, Bluebird Care Graveshamand Dartford. Former Woolworth’s employee Mabel Poultney celebrated…
Read more...NHS trusts and foundation trusts have projected an end-of-year deficit of £931 million, £435 million worse than planned, NHS Improvement has reported. Posting a year-to-date deficit of…
Read more...In London alone last year there were nearly 4,500 reported cases of fraud among the over 65s – an average of 12 reports every day…
Read more...Bobby Seagull, who rose to fame on the 2016/17 series of University Challenge, is calling on people to run their own Mighty Quiz for Alzheimer’s…
Read more...Samantha Buckley is the activities coordinator at the Boynes Care Centre in Worcestershire and last year she won The Carer’s award for “Unsung Hero”. This…
Read more...Social care providers have called into question the effectiveness of the sector’s funding structure in a new survey which reveals increasing numbers of organisations are…
Read more...A competition to celebrate the NHS’s 70th birthday was launched in Westminster earlier this month. The NHS70 Parliamentary Awards will see English MPs put forward individuals and…
Read more...Sunrise of Winchester in Hampshire is celebrating being awarded a prestigious ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Only 1% of homes receive this…
Read more...Ambitions have been outlined to transform the experiences of the million people in Britain who will be living with dementia by 2021, in a new…
Read more...The UK has seen a record number of people search for a care home in January, with 38 per cent more people visiting care home…
Read more...Residents, families and members of the community were joined by The Mayor of Barnet, Cllr Brian Salinger, at Finchley care home, Dell Field Court, to…
Read more...Nine out of 10 (94%) UK nurses say they have seen dying patients stranded in hospital as a result of delays in funding that would…
Read more...South Manchester’s only care village catering especially for the local Jewish community, and one of the first Jewish care villages in the UK, has been honoured with a visit from Ephraim Mirvis, Chief…
Read more...French and Canadian researchers have investigated a link between chronic alcohol misuse in people admitted to French hospitals and their dementia risk. Scientists found that…
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