Scotland’s social service workforce reached its highest recorded level in 2025, with 215,890 people working across the sector. That’s according to a new Official Statistics…
Read more...Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has this week become the first site in the UK and Europe and the third in the world…
Read more...A social care support threshold freeze since 2010/11 means that some people must spend an additional £12,400 of their own money before qualifying for state…
Read more...Early initiation of statins after diagnosis of type 2 diabetes was associated with a lower risk of dementia, according to a study presented at ESC…
Read more...Care providers are being urged to help raise public understanding of dementia risk factors, after new research from Alzheimer’s Society found that more than a quarter of adults…
Read more...A couple have marked an extraordinary double milestone in the space of two days. Navy veteran Stan Field turned 100 on Monday 17 August, and…
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK has announced a new Programme Award as part of a major refresh of its research funding schemes, aimed at accelerating progress in…
Read more...The NHS is urging millions of people to book their flu jab from today as the health service starts winter preparations earlier than ever. The…
Read more...The world’s oldest living person, Ethel Caterham, has celebrated her 117th birthday surrounded by family and friends at her Surrey care home. Ms Caterham marked…
Read more...A nurse at a Nottinghamshire care home has celebrated four decades of service this month with a shortlisting in a major county-wide care award. Janet…
Read more...Art-loving residents at a Nottingham care home were so inspired by a trip to see an immersive Van Gogh exhibition that they picked up their…
Read more...As England’s social care funding crisis deepens, a new report from the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC) suggests the answers may lie overseas — pointing…
Read more...Willowbrook View care home in Swindon recently unveiled a vibrant new ‘dementia garden’ on its grounds created with the generous support of organisations, businesses and…
Read more...The Welsh NHS Confederation and WCVA have published a joint explainer examining the importance of the voluntary sector’s role in health and care in Wales….
Read more...Baroness Casey of Blackstock has launched The Big Conversation on Care, the most ambitious public conversation in a generation, handing the public a direct role…
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