£1.75 Million Stafford Care Home Officially Opened by Vice Lord-Lt
Falcon House, a new £1.75 million, six-bed care home for adults with a learning disability, developed by the ECHO Group, has been officially opened by…
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CQC Updates “Plan and Approach” for Transformation
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has issued an update on its “complex transformation programme” and evolving inspection strategy. This outlines the regulator’s work so far…
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Poole RNLI Visit is Wish Come True for Ex-Olympic Hopeful Yvonne, 106
One of the UK’s oldest people, a former elite swimmer born halfway through the First World War, enjoyed a wish come true when she revisited…
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Exhibition to Display Art by Carer and Residents at Local Care Home
Southgate Beaumont care home in Southgate will be celebrated the creative talent/ of one of their care assistants and a resident by holding an art…
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We Must Work Collaboratively to Help Sustain the Sector Says Care England
Care England has issued a raft of measures to the sector aimed at reducing costs and curing complexities to create efficiencies. Professor Martin Green OBE,…
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Care South Gifts VIP Experience to Bournemouth Care Home Resident and Care South at Home Client
A resident from Care South’s Castle Dene care home in Bournemouth and a client from Care South at Home Bournemouth were delighted to represent the…
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Social Care Charity Partners with Liverpool British Music Experience Museum for Exclusive Online Event
People who access care and support across the UK are invited to take a trip down musical memory lane during an accessible online workshop hosted…
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Over Half a Million Appointments Now Cancelled Due to Industrial Action
MORE than 200,000 appointments and operations were cancelled in last week’s doctors’ strike. It takes the total above half a million since stoppages began in…
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Digger and Dumper Wish Comes True for Building Site Fan John, 84
An 84-year-old care home resident had a birthday wish come true on a Salisbury building site. John Parfitt, who lives at Braemar Lodge in the…
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Hundreds of Thousands Set to Receive Spring Covid Jabs this Week
There are more than 725,000 chances to grab a jab this week as the NHS Covid-19 Vaccination Programme opens up its spring offer to all…
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People in Deprived Areas Receive Less Care When Dying at Home
People from the most deprived areas of England who die at home are left with less NHS care, such as 50% fewer outpatient appointments, in…
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Legends of Entertainment and Sport Call for the Voices of Older People to be Heard
Legends from the world of entertainment and sport are supporting charity Independent Age in calling for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing. Footballer Sir…
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Recognii Offers New Way to Entertain Residents With Later Stage Dementia
The first film created especially for people living with later-stage dementia is offering care homes an inexpensive and accessible new way to entertain residents. ‘Treasure…
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Disingenuous to Link Excess Deaths with Strike Days, says BMA
Responding to reports in the Telegraph linking a rise in excess deaths with the last round of junior doctors’ strikes in England, Professor David Strain,…
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Alpacas Say ‘Hello’ to Care Village Residents
Residents at Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme have enjoyed a springtime start to remember with a special surprise in the form of a pair of alpacas popping in…
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