Care Workers Urged to Get Covid-19 Booster
CARE workers are being urged to get their Covid-19 booster jab because providers fear the worst of the Omicron variant is still to come.
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Care home restrictions are ‘affecting quality of life’ says Four Seasons Care CEO
Four Seasons CEO Jeremy Richardson has hit out at a “total imbalance” between the current restrictions on care home visiting and the threat posed by COVID-19.
Read more...Coalition Calls for End to Isolation
A coalition of organisations has written to local health and care leaders calling on them to put an end to “harmful isolation practices” and to help promote the rights of people in care.
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Omicron Cash Grants in England Available for Today
Businesses in England most impacted by the Omicron variant will be able to tap into a multimillion-pound support package in the coming weeks, as the government today
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Dementia Friendly Walking award presented to Walk on Hebrides
This well-established Health Walk project in the Outer Hebrides has received the National walking charity Paths for All’s Dementia Friendly Walking accreditation.
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Newark Care Home Appeals for 101 Birthday Cards
A care home in Newark is appealing to the local community to send 101 birthday cards to one of its residents before the end of January.
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More Doctors and Nurses Working in NHS
There are record numbers of doctors (over 127,700) and nurses (almost 310,100) working in the NHS for the third month running, according to the latest
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£6m-Funded Studies into Parkinson’s Disease Seek Participants
People affected by Parkinson’s disease are being invited to take part in a series of cutting-edge trials enabled by nearly £6 million in funding to the University of Exeter.
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BMA says the Government Must Listen in Order to End the Staffing Crisis
Responding to the publication of the Health and Social Care Committee’s ‘Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic’ report, Dr David Wrigley, BMA deputy council chair, said:
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Ribble Court Care Home Wins Contract to Help Free Up Hospital Beds
One of Preston’s newest care homes has won a contract which is helping to free up acute beds in hospital this winter.
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Banjo the Pony Visits Local Care Home
There was huge excitement at Chorleywood Beaumont Care Home as Santa and his helper Banjo the Pony delivered presents on Christmas Day.
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Urgent Steps Needed Now To Avoid Staffing Crisis In The NHS
The NHS is facing a staffing crisis which threatens the quality of patient care unless urgent steps are taken now by the Government to help alleviate the mounting pressure
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More Than Two Million Jabs Up for Grabs Over Next Week
England’s top GP is urging people to come forward for their booster jab with two million appointments up for grabs over the next week as the NHS COVID-19 Vaccination Programme
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Lesley and the Chocolate factory – Witney Care Home Resident Wish Comes True
Team members at a care home in Witney made a resident’s wish to visit her favourite chocolate factory come true.
Sweet-toothed Lesley Davies, who lives at Care UK’s Millers Grange
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Order of St John CEO, Awarded an OBE in Queen’s New Year’s Honours list
Dan Hayes, OSJCT Chief Executive, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s 2022 New Year’s Honours for his services to the social care sector. OSJCT is one of the UK’s leading not-for-profit care providers.
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