Care Group Helps Men’s Mental Health Charity
A Scarborough care provider has stepped in to help a local charity provide more help to men dealing with mental health issues. Saint Cecilia’s Care…
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Justice Gap Widens: Disability Hate Crime Convictions Continue to Drop
Victims of disability hate crimes are unlikely to receive justice, according to figures obtained by Leonard Cheshire and United Response. Using figures obtained through Freedom…
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Third UK IDDSI Festival Sells Out in Record Time
The third UK IDDSI Festival sold out all 250 delegate tickets in record time this year and was a huge success across the board. The…
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Two-Thirds Of GPs Want To Prescribe Tech For Patients Diagnosed With Dementia
A poll of GPs in the UK has shown primary care doctors want to prescribe assistive technologies to patients diagnosed with dementia. More than two-thirds…
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Charitable Trust Gives Over £3,500 To Support Adults With Learning Disabilities
A West Midlands-based learning disability charity has enhanced the lives of more than 40 people, providing funding worth more than £3,500. Select Lifestyles Charitable Trust,…
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Health And Social Care Organisations Call On Government To Overhaul End Of Life Care
A coalition of leading health and social care organisations is calling on the government to tackle failings in the way older people are cared for…
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Rennie Grove Peace Announces Conference Line Up
Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care has announced the speakers for its annual Palliative Care Conference, taking place on Wednesday 18 October. The conference, which will…
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Health And Social Care Professionals Needed To Help Shape The Future Of End Of Life Care Research
Marie Curie is calling on health and social care professionals to take part in a critical survey to help researchers understand what topics of palliative…
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NICE Suggests Out of Hospital Treatment this Winter for Acute Respiratory Infections
More people could be treated out of hospital in the NHS’s new respiratory hubs and virtual wards following new NICE draft guidance on the initial…
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Calls for Investigation into NHS England’s Winter Vaccination Programme
England’s national GP Committee is calling for an investigation into what they allege as “mismanagement” of this year’s winter Covid and Flu vaccination programmes, which…
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Music for Dementia Celebrates People on the Frontline Of Dementia Care on World Alzheimer’s Day
The Music for Dementia campaign hosted, on September 21, a special performance at London’s Arcola Theatre of the acclaimed dementia themed love story, In Other…
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Fiona Phillips’ World Alzheimer’s Day Call: It’s Devastated My Family, And Researchers Desperately Need More Funding
Long-time Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador, Fiona Phillips, has come out on World Alzheimer’s Day to call for more research funding for the charity. The broadcaster, who…
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Ken Livingstone Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Family Reveal
Ken Livingstone, the former London Mayor, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease his family has announced. 78-year-old Mr Livingstone is being “well cared for by…
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Waitrose In Malvern Support Alzheimers Awareness Month With Elgar Court Care Home
Elgar Court Care Home in Malvern, is highlighting Alzheimer’s Awareness Month throughout September in the local community. Alzheimer’s is a form of dementia, the loss…
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Sports Chair Pushes for Greater Dementia Support for Footballers
Dame Caroline Dinenage, Member of Parliament for Gosport and Chair of the Culture, Media & Sport Committee, has urged greater action from football associations on…
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