Health Visiting Study Seeks to Learn Lessons from Pandemic
NIHR-funded researchers have launched a new study seeking to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected health visiting services across the UK, with a view…
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Burma Veteran Celebrates 100th Birthday at Royal Star & Garter
A soldier who narrowly survived enemy attacks while serving in Burma (now Myanmar) during WWII has celebrated his 100th birthday. Peter Whiteley was born in…
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Parkhaven Trust Chef Wins National Catering Award
Parkhaven Trust Chef, Paul Dunne has won the prestigious Chef of the Year Award in the 2022 Care Home and Hospital Catering Awards. Judges had…
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Surrounding Loneliness Must be Removed says Care England
Care England has welcomed this year’s Loneliness Awareness Week 2022. Professor Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive of Care England, says: “The care workforce plays an…
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Health and Social Care Secretary Sets Out Vision for Year Ahead
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid spoke at the NHS Confederation providing a look to the year ahead with publication of a digital health…
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New Report Reveals the UK Takes 7th Place for the Overall Healthcare System
A brand new study has analysed a range of different factors relating to the quality and cost of healthcare across the developed world, with the…
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GMB Urges Labour to Support Call for Minimum £15 Hourly Rate Care Workers
A union leader is to call on the Labour Party to support its campaign for care workers to be paid £15 an hour GMB union…
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Care Home Residents Have their Wishes Fulfilled by Essex Charity
A charity that works with care home residents in Essex has been making their wishes come true thanks to grant funding from national charity Independent…
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Bushey House Honours Carers for National Carers Week
Residents at Bushey House care home in Bushey, run by Barchester Healthcare, are celebrating National Carers’ Week, which takes place from June 6-12. Residents wanted…
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Perthshire Pupils Work in Harmony with Local Care Home Residents
Pupils from three Perthshire primary schools have written songs inspired by local care home residents as part of the Horsecross Arts Harmony Project. 43 P2…
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Kilometres for Care Workers at Leeds 10k
Employees at Gilbert Meher, are set to run the Jane Tomlinson Run For All Leeds 10k on Sunday 3rd July in full PPE and face…
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Bidfood Launches New Diabetes Module to Mark Diabetes Week 2022
In celebration of Diabetes Week 2022, Bidfood, one of the UK’s leading foodservice providers, has created a diabetes module on their e-learning platform, Caterers Campus,…
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Families in England Recover Over £400m in Wrongly Paid NHS Nursing Care Fees
Families fighting for NHS care costs have recovered over £400 million in wrongly paid fees since 2013, says law firm, Hugh James. However, this is…
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£4bn of NHS “Unusable” Covid PPE to be Destroyed says Committee Report
Protective clothing (PPE) worth £4bn purchased early in the pandemic to prevent NHS staff from Covid is to be incinerated because it is unusable, a…
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Chorleywood Beaumont Honours Carers for National Carers Week
Residents at Chorleywood Beaumont care home in Chorleywood, run by Barchester Healthcare, are celebrating National Carers’ Week, which takes place from June 6-12. Residents wanted…
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