Telford Care Home Employee Wins Prestigious ‘Sandstone Star’ Award
A dedicated senior care practitioner at Telford Hall care home in Telford, part of Sandstone Care, has been recognised for her outstanding contribution by being…
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Nottingham Care Home Wellbeing Coordinator Takes On 100k A Month Running Challenge For Dementia UK
A Wellbeing Coordinator who works at HC-One’s Springwater Lodge Care Home in Calverton, Nottingham, is taking on an extraordinary 100k running challenge throughout the month…
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Alzheimer’s Society Event Brings Dementia Innovation To Life
On Tuesday 18 March, Alzheimer’s Society will host an immersive showcase bringing together leaders in healthcare, innovation, and research to explore how new innovative solutions…
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“Rethink” Tax Increases Chancellor Urged as Care Sector Faces Failure
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing increasing pressure to exempt the care sector from her April tax raid as a growing coalition of care leaders back…
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Scottish Rugby Legend Toasts The Launch Of Care Home Facility
FORMER Scotland rugby international Andy Irvine has officially opened a brand-new social space at one of Edinburgh’s most prestigious care homes. The Scotland and British…
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Registrations Now Open for Care Home Open Week 2025
Registrations are now open for Championing Social Care’s leading engagement event, Care Home Open Week. Running from 16-22 June 2025 the popular event aims to…
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Staying Fit” The Secret To 102 Says Resident At Altrincham Home
A resident at an Altrincham home celebrated her 102nd birthday and credits her fitness as a secret to a long life. Joyce Wilson lives at…
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Councils Could Face £8bn Funding Black Hole By 2028/29
Councils in England should be a major driver to boost local growth over the coming years but could face a funding gap of more than…
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Patients Put Off Seeking Care Due To ‘Dysfunctional’ NHS Admin, Warn Healthcare Experts
Letters arriving after appointments, not being kept updated about waiting times for treatment and chasing test results, are all commonplace issues impacting large numbers of…
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Care Group Stages Local Demonstration Over Reform
A North Yorkshire social care company is staging a local demonstration to call for urgent Government reform and is urging other providers to do something…
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Barchester’s Charitable Foundation Donates £335k To Good Causes
Barchester’s Charitable Foundation went from strength to strength in 2024, exceeding all expectations by achieving a donation milestone of £335,000 which enabled the charity to…
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Local Heroine Chops Off Her Hair!
Caring is a passion in this local residential care home Elgar Court, and last week their wonderful Activities leader Kerrie Perks, went the extra mile…
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Innovative Apprenticeship Scheme Boosting Social Care Workforce
For National Apprenticeships Week, the Minister for Children and Social Care met with former apprentices to hear how an innovative scheme helped them qualify as…
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Boutique Care Homes Secures Planning Permission for Catherine Grove in Deal
Boutique Care Homes has been granted planning permission for its newest care home, Catherine Grove, in Deal. Following a unanimous approval and heartfelt support from…
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Waiting List Falls As NHS Staff Treated Record Numbers Last Year
NHS staff delivered a record 18 million treatments in 2024, as the waiting list fell in December for the fourth month in a row. The…
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