Care South Chefs Serve Up Summer Flavours For Dorset’s Catering Talent
Dorset’s catering talent got to sharpen their skills as Care South’s chefs led a hands-on masterclass celebrating fresh, seasonal produce.
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Mayor Enjoys Visit to Supported Living Home in Saltburn
The Mayor of Redcar & Cleveland, Councillor Ceri Cawley, paid a special visit to Milewood’s Strathallen home in Saltburn, where she met the people who live there and the team supporting them.
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St Peter’s Hospice Celebrates Jeff Way Group As Fundraising Milestone Tops £250,000
St Peter’s Hospice is celebrating a remarkable fundraising milestone as long-standing corporate supporter Jeff Way Group surpasses £250,000 raised in support of the Bristol-based charity.
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Majority of Care Homes Score Highly in Reviews
A major new analysis of verified care home reviews paints a positive picture of the UK’s care home sector, with nearly two-thirds of homes listed on carehome.co.uk achieving an overall review score of 9.0 or above out of 10.
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Corrie Legend David Neilson Reveals Roy Cropper’s Anorak Secrets in Special Luv2meetU Q&A
Coronation Street favourite David Neilson has revealed the surprising secret behind Roy Cropper’s famous beige anorak — he has a whole collection of them in different sizes to match the character’s mood.
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New Report Reveals Growing Pressure On Social Care Workforce
More than half of care workers have considered leaving the sector in the last year, according to a new report highlighting the growing pressures facing the social care workforce.
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Over 2 in 5 of Most Elderly Patients Wait Over 12 Hours in A&E
Elderly and frail patients aged 81 and over are worst affected by the ongoing crisis in A&E, which often leaves those admitted to hospital waiting for a bed to become available in inappropriate places like corridors and cupboards.
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Prescriptions For Dependency-Forming Medicines Cost NHS £431 Million Less Than In 2016/17, New Figures Show
The cost of dependency-forming medicines prescribed in England has more than halved since 2016/17. New data published by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) shows the cost fell by 57% between 2016/17 and 2025/26, from £756 million to £325 million.
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Ombudsman Calls on Councils and Care Homes to Improve End of Life Care
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) is urging councils and care providers to ensure consistently high standards of end of life care, warning that failures during a person’s final days can have a lasting impact on bereaved families.
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WWII Glider Pilot Honoured in Hastings
102-year-old Walter Martin shared his wartime story as part of project to preserve the memories of Britain’s remaining WWII veterans.
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Baroness Casey Launches the Big Conversation on Care with the Public
Baroness Casey of Blackstock has launched The Big Conversation on Care, the most ambitious public conversation in a generation, handing the public a direct role…
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A Toast to Tradition: Celebrating Afternoon Tea Week in Care Homes Across the UK
From 10th to 16th August 2026, care homes up and down the country will once again be reaching for their finest china, plumping up their scones, and polishing their teapots in celebration of Afternoon Tea Week — one of the most delightfully British traditions in the residential and nursing care calendar.
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Sector Gives Cautious Welcome to Prime Ministers Speech on Social Care
The care sector has today given a cautious welcome to Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s landmark speech on adult social care, in which he vowed to fix England’s “broken” system and pledged that his government would succeed where “successive administrations have ducked the issue for too long.”
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PM Pledges to End “Decades of Political Drift” on Social Care
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed to fix England’s broken social care system, announcing an accelerated timetable for the National Care Service commission and a new cross-party push…
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NIHR Invests £1.65m in Quantum Health Technology
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded £1.65 million to 17 projects to support the early-stage development of quantum technologies.
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