Social Care Can Help Hospital Crisis Say Providers
Social care providers are offering to meet with health trust chiefs to see if they can work together to ease serious pressures on hospitals in…
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Stern Letter Expresses Deep Concern Following New CQC Inspection Regime
The National Care Association (NCA) has expressed “deep concern” at care regulator the CQC, saying it does not have adequate empathy towards care providers. Calling…
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New Disability Action Plan To Make UK Most Accessible Place In The World
The government has launched its new Disability Action Plan – 32 steps it is taking to make the UK the most accessible place in the world for…
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RCN Scotland Sounds Warning Over Cost of Living Impact
Scotland’s nursing staff are continuing to struggle to make ends meet during the ongoing cost of living crisis. In a survey of Royal College of…
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New Management Team Appointed At Egerton Manor In Bolton
Martha Hamill and Joanne Morton have been appointed manager and deputy manager respectively at New Care’s Egerton Manor on Blackburn Road in Bolton. Working together,…
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Report Calls For More Ordinary Lives For 2,000 People With Learning Disabilities And/Or Autism In ‘Long Stay’ Hospital Settings
An in-depth report into the challenges faced by people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people trying to leave ‘long-stay’ hospital is published in full for…
Read more...Guarded Welcome For Labour Social Care Plan
SOCIAL CARE providers have given a guarded welcome to the Labour Party’s reported priorities for the sector at the coming General Election. They have welcomed…
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Government Confirms Over £64 Billion Funding Package For Councils
More than £64 billion to bolster council budgets in England and ensure they can deliver frontline services has been confirmed by the Levelling Up Secretary….
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Introducing Whispers Specialist Care: A New Era in End-of-Life and Palliative Support
In a significant step towards enhancing end-of-life care, Whispers Care Solutions has proudly announced the launch of Whispers Specialist Care, a new dedicated end-of-life and…
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Development And Sale Of Alzheimer’s Drug, Aducanumab, Ceased
The pharmaceutical company, Biogen, announced this week that it will stop developing and marketing the Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab (commercially known as Aduhelm). Aducanumab is designed…
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Misty The Therapy Dog Gives Abbeyfield House Residents Pedigree Experience
Residents at Abbeyfield House care home in New Malden have been enjoying spending time with a seven-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier called Misty. Misty is a…
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Times Healthcare Report Highlights Mounting NHS Issues
A report commissioned by The Times revealed the considerable pressures that the health and social care sector is facing. The Times launched the Health Commission…
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“Very Rare” Cases Of Transmissible Alzheimer’s Disease Identified
New research, published today in Nature Medicine, has identified five cases of Alzheimer’s disease believed to have arisen because of a medical treatment decades earlier….
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Over 10,000 NHS Pharmacies Begin Treating People For Common Conditions
Patients in England will be able to get treatment for seven common conditions at their high street pharmacy from today without needing to see a…
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Meallmore’s Jody Marshall Appointed Chair of NACC’s Scotland Region
Group Hospitality Manager of Meallmore Ltd, Jody Marshall, has been elected as the Chair of the National Association of Care Catering (NACC) Scotland Region. Joining…
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