Care Home Open Week Returns with Inaugural ‘Great British Care Cycle Relay’
Championing Social Care, a volunteer-led group of leaders from across the social care sector, has announced it will be hosting Care Home Open Week from…
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Government to Delay Implementation of LPS “Beyond Life” of Current Parliament
The Government announced on 5 April 2023 that it had taken the “difficult decision to delay the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards beyond the…
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BMA calls upon Government to Agree to Go to ACAS to Help Settle Junior Doctors’ Dispute
The BMA is calling on the Government to agree to the arbitration service, ACAS, facilitating talks, or agreement on the terms and conditions of engagement…
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Local Care Home is Looking to Have their Cake and Eat It!
Excitement was running high at Chorleywood Beaumont in Chorleywood, where residents and staff have cooked up a storm to enter parent company Barchester Healthcare’s Easter…
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Halcyon House Shop Named in Honour of Former Staff Member
Residents at Halcyon House in Formby are enjoying the use of a newly opened shop, stocked with essentials that they may need in their day-to-day…
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Care Home and Hospice Team Up to Provide Nursing Support to Residents and Community in their Own Homes
A Hertfordshire care home has donated vital funds to support a hospice’s work providing expert nursing support in people’s own homes. Signature at Bentley House,…
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Care Home Sector “Bailed Out but Burned Out” After COVID-19 Pandemic
Financial support from the Government postponed a financial crisis in the care home sector during the COVID-19 pandemic rather than preventing it, a report shows….
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Innovative Care for Older People Project Celebrates Success
Northumbria University researchers are celebrating a key milestone in the development and delivery of an innovative new programme designed to improve care for older people….
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Greensleeves Care Named Among Top 20 Care Groups for 6th Year Running
Not-for-profit care provider Greensleeves Care has achieved a ‘Top 20 Large Care Home Group’ Award for 2023 from leading online care home directory, Carehome.co.uk, for…
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Anchor Care Homes Make Knight Frank Luxury Care Home Guide 2023
Two care homes run by England’s largest provider of not-for-profit care, Anchor, have made the Knight Frank Top 50 Luxury Care Home Guide for 2023…
Read more...Care Sector’s Post Pandemic Struggle
Care providers are urging the Government to listen and take action after another report on the perilous state of the sector. They have accused the…
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Health Secretary Must Put Credible Offer on Table to Avert Strike Action, Warns BMA
Responding to comments made by the Health Secretary claiming that the junior doctor pay restoration ask is unreasonable and the reason he will not engage…
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Crewe Care Home Residents Fundraise with Debut Album
MUSICAL residents of a Crewe care home are recording their debut album in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. Pensioners at Mayfield House, Mayfield Mews, launched…
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Croeso! Senior Team Appointed at New Cardiff Care Home
A new care home in Cardiff has announced the appointment of its senior team. Care UK has appointed Therisa Galazka as the Home Manager to…
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Dementia Leading Cause of Death in 2022
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today revealed ‘dementia and Alzheimer’s disease’ were the leading cause of death in 2022. Collectively they accounted for…
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