Make Social Care ‘Free At The Point Of Need’, Say Former Labour And Tory Ministers
Labour and Tory ministers have called on the government to make social ‘free at the point of need’. The Lord Darzi Review of Health and Social
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Dementia Prevention Messaging Included In NHS Health Check After Successful Study
Public Health England has today announced dementia prevention messaging will be a routine part of the NHS Health Check for people in midlife. Previously, this
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Is My Resident Well?
Care home staff are being encouraged to think ‘Is my resident well?’ as part of a new training programme to help spot the early warning
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Care Crisis Deepens As Funding Hopes Are Dashed
Worried providers say social care has again been deprived of the funding lifeline it needs despite more shock evidence of r the crisis in social
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Riverdale Court For Alzheimer’s Cupcake
The Harlequin Strummers for entertained staff and residents at the Riverdale Court at a recent Alzheimer’s Cupcake Day The successful and entertaining morning was also
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Changes To Immigration Rules
Care England, the largest representative body for independent care providers for adult social care has welcome the Home Office’s announcement that all nurses will be exempted
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UK Care Charities Call For Charity Commission To Intervene On Sleep-In Crisis
Representatives of approximately half of all organisations who provide care services to people with learning disabilities in the UK have written to the Chair of
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Loved Ones Remembered At Care Homes’ Celebration Of Life
Loved ones lost in the past year have been remembered during a day of reflection and celebration at care homes in the South. Family-owned Colten
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Lower Deaths Overall But Frailty Is Still ‘Fatal’, Say Researchers
A study published today in Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society, found that despite death rates in the UK now
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NHS Launches Plan To Improve Patient Care By Cutting Long Hospital Stays
The NHS has announced thie week plans to improve patient care by cutting long stays in hospitals. Speaking at the annual NHS Confederation conference at
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Children Bring Joy To Nursing Home Residents
A Scarborough nursing home is bringing joy into the lives of its residents by welcoming young children through its doors. Saint Cecilia’s Nursing Home regularly
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Deflated Offer From The NHS
Care England, the largest representative body for independent care providers for adult social care has said it is “bemused” by a number of NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups
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NHS Hails ‘Standout Stars’ To Mark 70th Birthday At Confed18
A campaigner for better patient care, a much-loved hospital porter and a former British prime minister made the top 70 in a poll of NHS
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Winter Crisis Is Now Year-Long Crisis, Suggests New NHS Confederation Report
Regulators should use discretion when considering whether to withhold extra funding from health and care organisations, the NHS Confederation says in a new report. The
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Teary Eyed Care Home Resident Enjoys Church Flower Festival
Residents from The Oaks Care Home, on Durban Street, attended the festival at Central Methodist Church, on Beaconsfield Street. Elsie Patterson, who lives at the
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