Report Reveals Shortage-Hit Care Sector Turns To International Recruitment
UK health and care sector employers have benefited from a boom in international recruitment at a time of significant staff shortages. But if high reliance…
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MHA Cromwell House Takes Residents On Steam Train As Part Of Seize The Day Initiative
Residents at a Norwich home were treated to a day out on a steam train as part of their Seize the Day initiative. Staff at…
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A.I. innovations to transform living with dementia are awarded £1.9m by Longitude Prize on Dementia
An app that repairs “broken” speech, high-tech glasses that can help those with dementia recognise others, and a “Yellow Brick Road” map to help people…
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Last Chance To Get Protected From Covid
England’s top NHS doctor Professor Sir Stephen Powis has called on people eligible for a covid jab to book an appointment before the end of…
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Construction Starts £7.9m Specialist Care Home in Bishop Auckland
Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of specialist nursing care for adults living with complex needs, has begun on-site construction for its new £7.9m specialist…
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Notts Dementia Care Specialist Gains Approval For Growth
NOTTINGHAM dementia care home specialist, Church Farm Care, has received planning permission to extend its popular home in Cotgrave following a raft of other successful…
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Care England Celebrates Care Home Open Week 2023
Care England is celebrating Care Home Open Week 2023! Over 4,000 homes across the country have registered to participate in Care Home Open Week 2023…
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Care Home Residents Celebrate World Music Day
Dancing and singalongs were the order of the day at Austen House care home in Lower Earley, Reading where residents were keen to get involved…
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Adopt A Grandparent’ On The Hunt For Care Home Residents To Be ‘Adopted’ In Drive To Combat Loneliness
Award-winning charity, Adopt a Grandparent, is encouraging care home residents across the UK to come forward and get paired with the thousands of willing volunteers…
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NHS Given Mixed Bill Of Health In New Study Of International Healthcare Systems
The NHS is “neither a leader nor a laggard” when compared to healthcare systems of similar countries, though on some critical measures of resources and…
Read more...New Legislation Proposed to Prevent ‘Unfairly Denied’ Care Home Visits
The government has recommended new legislation that would make it a legal right for people in care homes and hospitals to have visitors ‘in all…
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Care Home Resident With Dementia Recites The Verses Of His Career As A Professional Saxophonist To Mark World Music Day
A former professional saxophonist and Kettering care home resident living with dementia has been reminiscing over his days fronting a band to mark World Music…
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New £5.7m Specialist Nursing Home Opens To Sunderland Community
Exemplar Health Care has now opened a new £5.7m care home in Sunderland. The official opening follows a formal registration visit by the Care Quality…
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91% of UK Healthcare Workers Are Missing Out on Maximising Vital Financial Support
New research from Sodexo Engage reveals that only 9% of UK healthcare workers report utilising their workplace benefits to their full potential. As the cost…
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ADASS Spring Survey Reveals Care Waiting Lists Down but “Care Needs” Increasing
New findings from a survey of social care leaders reveals that short-term funding boosts from Government has helped reduce the number of people waiting for…
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