Extra £30m A Year To Boost Research Careers For Healthcare Professionals
The national institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is to spend an additional £30 million per year to increase research opportunities. It will include…
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Pay Rise Announcement Boosts Healthcare Staff Retention
Recent Government pay rise announcements have helped healthcare employers to retain their key staff. That’s according to new research from the Association of Professional Staffing…
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Southport MP Spends A Day In The Life Of A Carer – National Charity Revitalise
Damien joined Revitalise’s team of carers at their Southport location, becoming a volunteer for the day, and gained valuable insight into the vital work they…
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Cuts To Covid Vaccine Programme Will Leave Patients And GPS In Despair, Says BMA
The BMA says a decision by NHS England to significantly reduce the fee that GPs are paid to deliver Covid vaccines undervalues general practice and…
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Government Underfunding Adult Social Care by £1.5 n Each Year
Care England has revealed, in a Channel 4 News exclusive, that the government is underfunding adult social care to the tune of £1.5 billion per…
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Volunteering “Highly Effective” Way To Attract People To Careers In Health And Care
MORE than half of volunteers who joined the innovative Volunteer to Career programme, run by the charity Helpforce and funded by the Burdett Trust for…
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Proposed Social Care Funding Is A Step In The Right Direction But Only Goes So Far, says Hft
Learning disability charity Hft is calling for a long-term social care workforce plan following the Government’s announcement of a £600 million package to support recruitment…
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1,000 Breaks Gifted to Unpaid Carers
Today, The QHotels Collection have announced impressive milestone, having given over a thousand breaks to unpaid carers across their portfolio of resorts. These are unpaid…
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Celebrating Afternoon Tea Week – A Beloved British Tradition That Nurtures the Well-being of Our Elderly Population
It’s almost time to celebrate Afternoon Tea Week, which takes place between August 7- August 13 Yes, that quintessential British tradition which holds a special…
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Ofgem Challenged To Take Action On Hidden Energy Costs
Leading associations from sectors including hospitality, retail and social care have signed an open letter organised by not-for-profit energy consultancy Box Power CIC challenging the…
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HC-One Named As Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer 2023 For Second Consecutive Year
Care home provider HC-One has been featured for the second consecutive year in the independent Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers 2023, ranking at number 97 in…
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Carers Being Pushed into Poverty Research Reveals
New research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation for the first time calculates the ‘caring penalty’, or the amount lost in earnings by those who take…
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Successful Phase 3 Trial Of Alzheimer’s Drug, Donanemab, Confirmed
Promising preliminary results from a trial of the Alzheimer’s drug donanemab, first announced in May, have now been confirmed. The full results were made public…
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A Workforce Plan For Social Care Would Help Solve The Recruitment Crisis, says Hft
Learning disability charity Hft has responded to new data from Skills for Care on the size and structure of the adult social care sector and…
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Care Home Open Week 2023 Smashes Participation Record From Care Homes and MPs
5,200 care homes across the country took part in Care Home Open Week 2023, a nationwide event aimed at encouraging communities to engage with care…
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