St Andrew’s Healthcare Voluntary Services Team Named King’s Award Winners
A team that supports people with complex mental health needs has received the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. The Voluntary…
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Healthcare
Zero Tolerance For Failure Under Package Of Tough NHS Reforms Unveiled
League tables revealing failing NHS trusts and cancelled pay rises or dismissal for managers who don’t turn things around are part of new plans to…
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Eighty Per Cent Of Unpaid Carers Consider Giving Up Their Jobs As Partnership Calls For More Employer Support
Eighty per cent of unpaid carers with a health condition have considered giving up their jobs amid a lack of support from their employers, a…
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Angela Rippon CBE Backs Charity’s Call To Make Dementia Training Mandatory
Today (Wednesday 13 November) broadcaster and journalist, Angela Rippon CBE will join people affected by dementia at a special Alzheimer’s Society parliamentary event in Westminster,…
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Care Providers Call For “Urgent Review” To Prevent “Systematic Collapse”
Providers Unite have launched a grassroots campaign to “unite adult care service providers across the country” and are calling on Chancellor Rachel Reeves for an…
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Number of People Dying in Poverty Increases by 19% in Four Years
A shocking new report by end of life charity Marie Curie has set out the stark financial reality of dying in the United Kingdom today….
Read more...Government Unveils Major Mental Health Care Reforms
New laws will give patients sectioned under the Mental Health Act more dignity and say over their care in long-awaited updates have been introduced in…
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NHS Launches Major New Stroke Campaign As Thousands Delay Calling 999 By Nearly 90 Minutes
Tens of thousands of people who have a stroke could be diagnosed and treated sooner as new data found that the average time between onset…
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Report Reveals Serious Gaps In Dementia Support
The Living well with dementia – better community provision for all report from national volunteering organisation, Royal Voluntary Service and the University of Birmingham reveals…
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Chancellor To Increase Social Care Spending
A “significant real terms funding increase” for local government next year has been promised by chancellor Rachel Reeves in today’s Budget (30 October). This will…
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RCN Warns Of Collapsing Nursing Workforce “Putting NHS At Risk”
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is warning that entire regions in England are being left behind by a failing nurse education system as our…
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Care England Calls for Urgent Action to Address Social Care Funding Gap in Autumn Budget
Care England is urging the government to prioritise adult social care investment in today’s Autumn Budget. Ahead of the announcement, Care England is drawing attention…
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Voice Of Doctors Must Not Be Lost In 10 Year Health Plan, Says BMA
Responding to the launch of the consultation for the Government’s 10 Year Health Plan, BMA council chair Professor Philip Banfield said: “The BMA, as the trade…
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Chancellor Needs To Uplift Departmental Budget By At Least 3.6% Just For NHS To “Stand Still”
The NHS in England is heading for an unfunded overspend of £4.8bn this financial year, meaning that next week the Chancellor will need to grow…
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Care England Responds to the CQC’s State of Care Report 2023/24
Care England has responded to the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) State of Care 2023/24 report, released earlier today. This report sheds light on critical issues…
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