The Care Innovation Challenge is Back!
The Care Innovation Challenge, a hackathon-style creative weekend of idea generation and prototype trialling, will return in July 2022. With cash prizes for the top…
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NHS Leaders Call for Action to Offset Spiralling Fuel Prices and Keep Health Care Staff on the Road
Key NHS staff across the country, including district nurses, physiotherapists and midwives who are needed to drive hundreds of miles to see and treat home-bound…
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Over 14 Million Steps Recorded in Challenge to Enable Care Home Sensory Gardens
Housing and care residents, their family members, and staff at housing association Central and Cecil (C&C) have recorded a combined step count of over 14…
Read more...Nationwide Survey Reveals Healthcare ‘Postcode Lottery’ for Older People in Scotland
The standard and availability of healthcare for older adults in Scotland differs significantly depending on where they live, according to research led by the University…
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Free Covid Tests Must Continue for NHS Staff, Warn Health Leaders
Concerns are growing among NHS leaders that in a matter of days their frontline staff could be made to pay for their own Covid-19 tests…
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High Tech Solution to Improve Recruitment Success in Care Homes Shortlisted for a National Award
Care UK will go head-to-head with household names like Adobe and Coca-Cola in May, in a bid to win a prestigious national award set up…
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HC-One Care Homes Celebrate Nutrition and Hydration Week
HC-One care homes across the UK celebrated the annual Nutrition and Hydration week from the 14th to 20th March which aims to highlight and promote…
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Care Home Residents Celebrate World Poetry Day
Rhyming couplets were the order of the day at Cubbington Mill care home in Leamington Spa where residents were keen to get involved in World…
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Councillors Join the Fun at Local Care Home for 15th Anniversary
Local councillors, family and friends have joined residents and staff at a Southbourne care home to celebrate the home’s 15th anniversary. Glebe House on Stein…
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Bournemouth Care Home Resident Recalls Her Own Wartime Resilience in Celebration of Women’s History Month
Nina Ansell, a resident at RMBI Care Co. Home Zetland Court, in Bournemouth, was born on 22 September 1921. She had just turned 18 when…
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Norwood Care Home Enjoys a Slice of British Pie Week
Residents and staff at MHA Norwood care home in Ipswich embraced British Pie Week by taking part in a variety of pie-themed activities. There were…
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Two Friends Reunited at Care Home More than 60 Years After First Meeting
Dora Weaver (L) and Beryl Wornham (R) have been reunited at MHA Morel Court, more than 60 years after first meeting. Two friends who met…
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Act to Help Care in Mini Budget’ – Plea
Providers seek urgent support amidst crisis CARE providers today called on the Chancellor for help in this week’s mini budget. Provider organisation The Independent Care…
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Runwood Homes Takes Part in Nutrition and Hydration Week
This week, homes across the Runwood Homes Group have really enjoyed taking part in Nutrition and Hydration week. The brilliant staff teams have created some…
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St Patrick’s Day Gets the Green Light at Local Care Home
Residents and staff at Hugh Myddelton House in Southgate celebrated all things Irish for St Patrick’s Day this week. The home was decorated with shamrocks…
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