A social care leader is calling on politicians across North Wales to speak out against the “iniquitous” post code lottery of fees in the wake…
Read more...As the fallout over the Prime Minister’s comments regarding care homes in which he said: “too many care homes didn’t really follow the procedures”, the Lincolnshire Care Association has issued a response.
Read more...To help providers of health and social care services learn from the experience of responding to COVID-19 around the country, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is carrying out rapid reviews of how providers are working collaboratively in local areas.
Read more...Colleagues and Residents at HC One’s Brandon House care home have gone the extra mile to transform their main corridor in ‘Remembrance Way’.
Read more...“Because we all care”, a new campaign from the Care Quality Commission and Healthwatch England, launched today as new research shows that more than two-thirds (67%)
Read more...Staff and residents at Borough Care’s homes for older people in Stockport have participated in the Stars in Memory campaign, by creating and decorating stars…
Read more...While non-essential visits are on hold, residents of a state-of-the-art care village in Wigan are able to feel closer to friends and family thanks to specially made cushions featuring photographs of loved ones.
Read more...Care England has expressed immense frustration over the delay in Visitor Guidance.
Professor Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive of Care England, says:
Read more...A resident at Hope House care home based in Clayton-le-Moors, has celebrated her 101st birthday.
Read more...Time for reform not blame, say providers
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sparked outrage among the care sector and the wider public and has been accused of trying to shift the blame for coronavirus deaths onto care homes.
Read more...Prime Minister Boris Johnson accused some care homes of not properly following the procedures during the coronavirus crisis during his visit to Goole this afternoon. He’s recorded to have stated:
Read more...Alzheimer’s Disease International and ITN Productions have co-produced a new documentary ‘Hope in the Age of Dementia‘. Watch the documentary here. The newly released news and…
Read more...The temporary scrapping of VAT on PPE has been extended until the end of October – saving care homes and businesses dealing with the coronavirus outbreak £155 million, the government announced today.
Read more...Responding to the latest ONS figures on coronavirus deaths in care homes, which show almost 20,000 care home residents have died with coronavirus, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, said:
Read more...Thanks to the public’s generosity during the first week of the Donation Drive-Thru, St Barnabas Hospice is able to open its first few shops in Lincoln from today.
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