NCF Launches New Environmental Sustainability Member Network
The National Care Forum (NCF) has launched its Environmental Sustainability Network for members. The new member forum was unveiled at NCF’s ‘Growing a Greener Future’…
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HC-One Residents And Colleagues Mark Remembrance Day
HC-One care homes across the country have been preparing for Remembrance Day on Saturday 11th November. At Rose Court Care Home in Radcliffe, Manchester, residents…
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Report on Reforming Social Care Reveals £1bn “Redirected”
The National Audit Office (NAO) published a report looking at Reforming Adult Social Care in England, and suggests that the government is behind its revised…
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NHS Launches Latest Report On Prescribing Costs
NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has released a report on Prescribing Costs in Hospitals and the Community for England in 2022-23. The total cost to…
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A Five-Year Project To Bring Alzheimer’s Blood Tests To The NHS
Experts have said that blood tests for Alzheimer’s could be available on the NHS within five years. That’s thanks to the Blood Biomarker Challenge, a…
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Meet Honey, A Makaton Responding Therapy Dog at Local Care Home
Tees Grange, a complex care nursing home in Stockton-on-Tees, has an unconventional four-legged staff member: two-year-old golden Labrador retriever, Honey. Having become an integral part…
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Care Home Creates One-Of-A-Kind Garden Designed To Evoke Past Memories
Castle Dene care home, located in Bournemouth and part of Care South, enlisted the help of the Memory Box Foundation to create a specially designed…
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Oxford Home Upcycles Used Plastic Bottles To Make More Than 100 Poppies As Part Of Remembrance Day Display
An Oxford home has been keeping residents busy by making more than 100 poppies from recycled bottles. MHA Brookfield was asking for donations of plastic…
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Chislehurst Care Home Receives Surprise Visit From Rocky The Donkey
Residents at RMBI Care Co. Home Prince George Duke of Kent Court in Chislehurst, Kent were delighted recently when Rocky the donkey came to visit….
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Slow Progress on Tackling Hospital Waiting Lists More Fairly Report Reveals
A new report from The King’s Fund finds that people from the most deprived areas in England are more likely to have long waits for…
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Remembrance Day – Please Let Us Share Your Stories
One of the great and humbling privileges we here at THE CARER are proud to partake in is publishing and sharing YOUR Remembrance Day Commemorations….
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Care Home Residents’ Memories Bring A Special Resonance To Remembrance Day
As we near Remembrance Day, residents of the Gloucestershire care charity Lilian Faithfull Care share their first-hand experiences of conflicts and serving in the forces….
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Westgate Celebrate Their Outstanding Team Members At The First Westgate Care Awards
Outstanding employees at Westgate Healthcare were recognised at a glittering awards ceremony organised in their honour. 16 team members across 8 homes had their hard…
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Women Achieving Greatness – Triple Nomination For Care Home Workers
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Ashcombe House Care Home in Worting road, Basingstoke are ecstatic because three of their hard-working colleagues have reached the final…
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One In Six Scale-Up Businesses Are In The Health And Social Work Sector Research Reveals
OakNorth Bank has published new research with the Social Market Foundation, a cross-party think tank, revealing the outsized impact of scale-up businesses on the UK…
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