MHA Bags Silver Award for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Progress
Methodist Homes (MHA) has achieved the Silver Standard Award in the Onvero (formerly Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion) 2026 Tide awards. The award follows…
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Migrant Workers Held Protest at Labour Conference Over ‘Broken Promises’
Migrant workers must not be made scapegoats for politicians’ failure to invest in public services, UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan has told protesters at the…
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Leading Sports Figures Unite to Raise Over £300,000 in Aid of Alzheimer’s Society
Monday 28 September, saw leading figures from the world of sport take on a unique endurance challenge at the home of cricket in support of…
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Burnham to Scrap Pensions Triple lock to Fund Free National Care Service
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he will pay for a new national care service by ending the state pension “triple lock”. Addressing Labour’s annual…
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Public Panel Launched on Social Care Reform
Members of the public across England are being invited to play a direct role in shaping the future of adult social care, as Baroness Louise…
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New Brain Health Centre Marks a Step Change in Dementia Diagnosis and Prevention
A UK-first brain health clinic that is set to transform how dementia is diagnosed, slowed down or prevented launches today (Monday 21 September), World Alzheimer’s…
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Charities Call for “Cancer-Style Revolution” in Dementia Care
Dementia care has been branded as “stuck in the 20th century” in a new report calling for a transformation on the scale of the progress…
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1,500 People Quit Work Every Day to Care for Relatives Survey Reveals
New polling by Opinium for Carers UK reveals that 3.33 million people have given up work to care for a family member or friend who is older, disabled or seriously ill, with 1.1 million leaving their job in the last two years alone – more than 1,500 people a day.
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Oadby Care Home Resident with Dementia Returns to Work
A resident at Oadby Manor in Leicester, has swapped the care home for the counter of a local newsagent after staff helped her fulfil her…
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Surrey and Borders Leads European Alzheimer’s Prevention Trial
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…
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Incoming CQC Chair Faces MPs on How She Will Turn Troubled Regulator Around
The government’s preferred candidate to become Chair of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will face questions on her suitability for the role by MPs on…
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UKHSA Publishes New Guidance to Help Care Providers Understand and Manage Infection Risk
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has published a new resource aimed at helping care home managers, providers and other adult social care stakeholders better…
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Pause Zero-Hours Reforms Over Cost Risk, Warns NHS Employers
NHS organisations in England could face unbudgeted costs of close to £1bn a year because of a government crackdown on zero hours contracts, according to…
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Reform of Social Care in England is Possible – Three Countries Show How
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…
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Digital Care Hub Launches its First Photo Competition for Adult Social Care
Digital Care Hub has launched its first photo competition, inviting people across adult social care to share images of digital care in action. Entries close…
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