Woodpeckers resident Patricia Hoy spells out the ‘open gardens’ message joined by team members at the Brockenhurst care home. Photo by Marco Atraca.
Community-minded residents and staff at three Hampshire care homes have raised more than £1,000 for charities supported by the National Garden Scheme (NGS). Around 125…
Read more...A carer has been recognised after performing CPR for 25 minutes on a Bournemouth woman who had gone into cardiac arrest. Stacey Burch, who works…
Read more...Residents and staff at RMBI Care Co. Home Prince Edward Duke of Kent Court, in Braintree, Essex, have joined forces to raise money for Breast…
Read more...A new national collective pension scheme for adult social care workers is to be introduced by the government, alongside plans for a dedicated workforce strategy…
Read more...Migrant workers must not be made scapegoats for politicians’ failure to invest in public services, UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan has told protesters at the…
Read more...A team from Weston View Care Home in Keith has raised £950 for its residents’ comfort fund after climbing Bennachie in Aberdeenshire. Seven members of…
Read more...Independent family-run care provider Spellman Care is celebrating after being named Health and Wellbeing Business of the Year at the Keighley and Airedale Business Awards,…
Read more...Colleagues at Alston House Care Home are celebrating after winning the ‘Customer Excellence’ award at this year’s Eastleigh Business Improvement District [BID] awards.
Read more...Chartwell House by Boutique Care Homes, in Broadstairs, Kent, welcomed 11 learners from CXK’s Explore Health and Social Care Programme for a Dementia Friends awareness session, giving them a first taste of what a career in care could look like.
Read more...A leading care provider, who invited the Prime Minister to visit his care home last month, has said calls to tackle profiteering in social care ‘must not be allowed to condemn an entire sector’ and ‘undermine the many responsible, independent providers delivering good care on very modest margins’.
Read more...Award-winning care home operator, Lovett Care, has selected Destination Florida as its chosen charity for the next six months.
Read more...A Hessle care home is celebrating a remarkable four finalist places in the Great British Care Awards, with recognition spanning dementia care, frontline leadership, management and the home’s entire care team.
Read more...Care providers are being urged to review how they hire workers and use contractors ahead of major changes to right-to-work rules coming into force on the 1st of October 2026.
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Pendine Parks eight newly qualified nurses; Pictured (centre) Mario Kreft with the newly qualified nurses (L/R) Sarah Hughes, Rebecca Armstrong, Chris Jones , Andrew Roberts, Kirsty Morris, Courteney Jones, Seph Lloyd and Michell Bevan. Picture Mandy Jones
A Welsh care organisation has produced a record eight newly-qualified nurses with its pioneering “grow your own” scheme. Pendine Park, which has nine care homes…
Read more...Care homes across the country are being invited to roll out the red carpet, dust off their dancing shoes and get into the Care Sector’s…
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