Reform of Social Care “Doomed” Unless Issues of Fragile Provider Market are Addressed
A report from the Nuffield Trust warns that years of delay to social care reform and a fragmented market has left provider services unstable and
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Bridgwater Residents “Cycling Around the World”
Residents from a Sanctuary Care home in Bridgwater have been cycling around the world on a new exercise bike. The Rosary Nursing home has been
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UK and EU Risk Act of Self-Harm Unless They Lift Vaccine Patents
UN Human Rights Commissioner and former Irish President, Mary Robinson, has called on the UK and the EU to support a waiver of intellectual property
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Sturgeon Promises A National Care Service In ‘Transformational’ Spending Increase
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to create a National Care Service and National Care Wage, if her SNP party is re-elected in May.
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Encore Care Homes Staff And Residents Fully Vaccinated Against Covid
All staff and residents at Encore Care Homes have now received the opportunity to be fully vaccinated against the Covid virus.
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Hamilton Care Home Hatches Fluffy New Residents
Avonbridge care home in Hamilton has been exploring the joys of spring and has hatched eight fluffy chicks at the home.
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Plaid Cymru Set Out Vision To Make Social Care ‘Free At The Point Of Need’
Plaid Cymru has set out its vision for delivering social care that is “free at the point of need”.
The party’s leader, Adam Price said that one of the first acts of a government he leads would be to establish
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One Bike, One Team, One Month, 4,000 Miles Brendoncare Froxfield Staff Pedalled From Froxfield To Fargo
Staff at Brendoncare Froxfield are delighted to have achieved their goal of cycling 4,000 miles on an exercise bike. During the 31 days of March they cycled the equivalent distance of Froxfield to Fargo in United States
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Artificial Flower Adorn The Pots At Primrose Croft Care Home In Cambridgeshire
The weather has been extremely kind for us all on National Gardening Day as the sun shone brightly in a blue sky for most of the morning before clouds began to form
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Inner Wheel Group Donate Blankets To Dudley Care Home Residents
Residents at HC-One’s Himley Mill care home in Dudley were the recipients of some wonderful hand crocheted blankets which were kindly donated by the local Inner Wheel group.
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Increase In Social Care Funding As Starting Point For Reform
Care England has called for the Government to inject an annual £7 billion increase in social care funding as a starting point for reform. Whilst, at the same time, stressing that extra funding alone will not remedy the adult social care system.
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Providers React To Vaccine Consultation
Hopes for voluntary take-up
CARE providers today reacted to news that the Government is to consult over whether to make the Covid-19 vaccine compulsory for those working in care settings.
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Consultation Launched On Staff Covid-19 Vaccines Care Homes With Older Adult Residents
Staff working in care homes with older adult residents, may be required to have a Covid-19 vaccine to protect residents from the virus
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Hertfordshire Care Home Relaunches Beloved Gardening Club
A Hertfordshire care home has relaunched its Gardening Club in a bid to reunite its green-fingered residents with family and friends as lockdown restrictions continue to ease.
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Creating An Icon – Care Home Residents Tour V&A Dundee
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Hugh Myddelton House care home in Southgate were treated to a photographic tour and talk about the creation of V&A Dundee by Peter Nurick
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