Early Warning – Staffing Under Pressure In Social Care
The National Care Forum (NCF) – the leading not-for-profit association for social care providers – have been working with their membership over recent days as it becomes
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Increased Exercise In Midlife Linked With Better Brain Health In Later Life
Scientists in the US have found that the more physical activity people do in midlife the better their brain health in later life.
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PM Promises To Vaccinate All Care Home Residents By End Of Month
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised every care home resident in the UK will be offered a coronavirus jab by the end of this month, as figures reveal that one in 10 residents in England has been given the vaccine.
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Care England has submitted its response to the NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) consultation on integrated care systems.
Professor Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive of Care England, says:
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Sunrise Senior Living UK And Gracewell Healthcare’s CEO Dr Natalie-Jane Macdonald Awarded MBE
Dr Natalie-Jane Macdonald has been awarded an MBE for services to Healthcare in the 2021 list of New Year’s Honours.
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CQC Launches Strategy Consultation
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a formal consultation on our new strategy. The draft is the product of over 10,000 interactions with stakeholders
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Surrey Care Home Resident Celebrates 104th Birthday
The oldest Resident at HC-One’s Kettlewell House care home, Nora Gladys Bicknell turned 104 today.
Nora celebrated her birthday by speaking to her niece on a video call, and she just loves to see her!
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West Bromwich Specialist Care Provider Transforms Summerhouse Into Covid-Secure Restaurant
Residents at Westgate, a 24-hour support partnership with young people and adults with learning disabilities, mental health problems and physical disabilities, have enjoyed a meal in a pop-up restaurant in their garden.
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Vaccinations Provide Protection For Over 200 Residents Across Five Lilian Faithfull Care Homes
Residents in all five of Lilian Faithfull Care’s homes have now been offered the opportunity to be vaccinated against Covid-19 thanks to incredible efforts of local GP surgeries.
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‘Best Present I Could Wish For’ – WWII Veteran Receives Covid-19 Jab On 97th Birthday
A WWII veteran celebrating her 97th birthday has become the first Royal Star & Garter resident to receive a Covid-19 vaccine.
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We May Soon Be Offering Vaccinations In Sports Stadiums But We Also Have The Daily Caseload To Fill Them, Warns NHS Confederation
Commenting on the latest coronavirus figures which show that the daily death toll has now topped one thousand, Danny Mortimer, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said:
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Tristone Capital Acquires North Wales Care Business
Buy and build Investment group Tristone Capital – through its care division Tristone Healthcare – has acquired North Wales-based care business, ProCare (Wales) Limited.
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Caerphilly Residents Make Model Home Town Village
Everyone at HC-One’s Church View care home decided that for they would try to recreate some of their memories from the local area, and bring them home to Church View.
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Call For Vaccine Speed-Up In Care Homes
Official death toll in care settings tops 20,000
Care providers today sent an urgent “hurry up” message to the Government over the Covid-19 vaccine as the official death toll in care and nursing homes topped 20,000.
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Geoff And Mim Reunited After 11 Months At Stocks Hall Mawdesley
There was a fairytale ending in December at Stocks Hall Mawdesley, when a loving couple who have been married for 74 years will reunited after 11 months apart due to Covid restrictions.
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