NHS England today (Sunday) announced a new independent taskforce to develop a five-year action plan for cancer services that will improve survival rates and save thousands of lives. It also launched a major new programme to…
Read more...Care England is opposed to this significant increase for providers in the light of the continued extremely difficult financial environment, in which LA and CCG…
Read more...By David Fairweather The caring profession is vital to the wellbeing of our society, and the people who work within it contribute disproportionately to the…
Read more...Marie Curie announced today that their long-term supporter and the world’s greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, will take on ‘the toughest footrace on earth’,…
Read more...Newbury couple host a fundraising party over the festive season to raise money for Alzheimer’s Society Local Newbury couple, Martin Strike and Joanne Harvey, celebrated…
Read more...Responding to growing pressure on NHS accident and emergency services, Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Chairman of the LGA’s Community Wellbeing Board, said: “The LGA has long…
Read more...Responding to the publication by NHS England of A&E waiting times in the week before Christmas, Richard Hawkes, Chair of the Care & Support Alliance, which…
Read more...Almost three quarters of people do not want relatives in care homes over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. A poll from Sunrise Senior…
Read more...Care England is opposed to this significant increase for providers in the light of the continued extremely difficult financial environment, in which LA and CCG…
Read more...The new Social Care Commitment website will be launched on the 12 January, and includes the other changes that have been made to commitment as…
Read more...An innovative work placement scheme which has transformed the lives of two care home residents in Darlington has received a national award. Beverley and Paul,…
Read more...Patients must redefine themselves as chronically ill for treatment to be effective. Sophia Antipolis, 8 January 2015: Failure to accept illness is associated with poorer…
Read more...Sky Business and activities provider Oomph! announce innovative new partnership to help improve the quality of life of care home residents across the UK care…
Read more...With over are two million cancer survivors in the UK but an estimated 1.6 million not physically active enough, breast cancer survivor Tessa Guy has…
Read more...Jerome H. Stone, founder and Honorary Vice-President of Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), passed away on the 1 January 2015 at the age of 101. As…
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