Sector Responds to Governments 10-Year Health Plan
The unveiling of the government’s long-awaited 10-year Health Plan today has prompted immediate and varied reactions from across the health, residential and nursing care sector,…
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Student-Led Research Tackles Frontline Healthcare Issues
Nottingham Trent University’s Institute of Health and Allied Professions has showcased a powerful collection of student-led research which directly tackles some of today’s most urgent…
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COVID Inquiry Exposes Devastating Impact on Care Sector
The UK COVID-19 Inquiry has released harrowing testimony revealing the profound impact of pandemic restrictions on residential and nursing homes, documenting widespread family trauma, resident…
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Too Many Medicines, Too Many Hospital Visits- Study Highlights Hidden Risk For Older Adults
Inappropriate polypharmacy – the excessive or unnecessary use of multiple medications – is a major driver of emergency hospital admissions among adults aged 65 and…
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Major Covid-19 Inquiry to Scrutinise Care Sector Response
The UK Covid-19 Inquiry will place the adult social care sector under intense scrutiny when its highly anticipated public hearings commence next week, marking a…
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Kailash Manor Care Home Partners with Northumbria University in Pioneering NIHR Research on South Asian Elder Care
Kailash Manor, part of TLC Care’s cultural care home network, recently welcomed researchers from Northumbria University as part of a pioneering NIHR-funded study into culturally…
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Neglecting Hearing Loss is Costing Lives: New White Paper Demands Change
Care England in collaboration with Engage and Nightingale Hammerson, has launched a powerful new white paper calling for urgent and coordinated action to improve support…
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ARUK And Cure Parkinson’s Join Forces To Find New Treatments For People Living With Parkinson’s And Dementia
Two of the UK’s leading medical research charities have announced a landmark partnership that could dramatically speed up the development of treatments for millions of…
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Benefits Of 2 Alzheimer’s Treatments Remain Too Small To Justify The Additional Cost To The NHS
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has concluded that the benefits from donanemab (also called Kisunla and made by Eli Lilly) and lecanemab…
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Care England responds to NHS England’s Urgent Emergency Care Plan
Patients will receive better, faster and more appropriate emergency care as the government sets out reforms to shorten waiting times and tackle persistently failing trusts….
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Sales Surge Surprises Medical Manufacturers
A remarkable first quarter sales performance for UK health and medical equipment manufacturers has flown in the face of low business confidence amongst SMEs. New…
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Hope Rises As More Alzheimer’s Drugs Enter Clinical Trials
There are more potential new medicines being tested for Alzheimer’s disease, according to an annual review published today, which reports that 138 drugs are currently…
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Celebrities Launch Alzheimer’s Society’s Forget Me Not Appeal With Striking New Portrait Series
Today (Monday 2 June) dementia charity Alzheimer’s Society, has released a new photography series to launch its 2025 Forget Me Not Appeal which aims to…
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Government Launches Review of Care Home Visiting Rights Regulation
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has launched a comprehensive review of Regulation 9A—landmark legislation introduced in April 2024 to protect and promote…
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Infection That Causes Cold Sores Could Be Linked To Alzheimer’s, Study Suggests
A new study published in BMJ suggests that the herpes simplex virus type 1 could have a role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Herpes…
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