Runwood Homes Announce Winners for their Art Competitions
In September, Runwood Homes launched two competitions, a Culture and Creativity competition, and a photography competition, to coincide with National Arts in Care Homes Day.
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Care Home Makes Dramatic Turnaround After Risk of Closure!
A care home that was in administration, rated “inadequate” and threatened with closure has made a remarkable turnaround during the pandemic. Now full, it recently won Care Employer
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Recruitment Drive Fill North Yorkshire Care Sector Jobs
North Yorkshire County Council has unveiled a recruitment drive for social care staff after experiencing a dramatic fall in the number of people applying for roles in the sector.
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The Cleaning Show Celebrates the Work of Cleaning and Hygiene Operatives with a Triumphant Return to London
The UK’s largest and most important event in the cleaning and hygiene sector, The Cleaning Show, welcomed more than 4,600 visitors through its doors when…
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Kinedale Donkeys Visit Oak Tree Manor
Dunmurry-based residential home, Oak Tree Manor, which is managed by Kathryn Homes, has teamed up with an animal therapy group to provide residents with one-to-one donkey time.
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Care Leaders Call on Govt to Fund Winter Bonus for Social Care Workers
Care leaders are calling on the government to award and fund a £1,000 bonus over the winter period for social care workers in England.
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Long-Standing Vacancies are Being Felt Right Across the NHS Workforce
Responding to the findings of a census by the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal College of…
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Care Home Team Come Together to Make Residents Remembrance Wish Come True
Romford Care Home believes in making those who live at the Nursing and Dementia home wishes and dreams come true; no matter how impossible it…
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HC-One Residents and Colleagues Take Time to Commemorate and Remember on Remembrance Sunday
HC-One care homes across the country reflected and honoured the service and sacrifice of all those that have defended our freedoms and protected our way…
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End Mental Health Patients Being Cared for Miles from Home says BMA
The BMA is warning that the Government’s failure to meet its promise to stop sending mentally unwell patients far from home for their care, is…
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Potential Vaccine Against Alzheimer’s Show Promise in Mice
A team of scientists have developed a vaccine that reduces Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice with features of the disease. The scientific journal, Molecular Psychiatry, published…
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New Recommendations on the Future of Housing with Care and Support Published by SCIE
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has called on the government to overhaul how housing with care and support is planned, commissioned, designed and delivered….
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Remembrance 2021: Services held at Royal Star & Garter’s Homes
Services took place at the charity’s three Homes on Armistice Day (11 November), while on Remembrance Sunday (14 November), Royal Star & Garter representatives attended…
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Real Living Wage Rises to £9.90 an Hour
Over 300,000 people working for almost 9,000 real Living Wage Employers throughout the country are set for a vital pay boost as the new Living…
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Hugh Myddelton Care Home Residents Mark Remembrance Day with English National Ballet
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Hugh Myddelton House care home in Southgate were treated to a unique creative workshop from English National Ballet to commemorate…
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