Government Announces New GP Access Recovery Plan
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced plans to allow people in England suffering from a range of common conditions to get prescription medication directly from…
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Unaddressed Weaknesses of Social Care Sector Impacted the Ability to Respond to Covid
Structural weaknesses left social care struggling to provide the service and protection that people needed during the initial waves of Covid-19. Lack of visibility of…
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Second Alzheimer’s Drug, donanemab, Succeeds in Phase 3 Trial
Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has announced that their Alzheimer’s drug, donanemab, has successfully slowed memory and thinking decline in a rigorous phase 3 trial. The…
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NHS Vaccinates Half of Care Home Residents in Three Weeks
The NHS Covid-19 Vaccination Programme has vaccinated more than 150,000 older adult care home residents in England in just three weeks since the campaign began…
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Former Care Minister Asks for More Focus on Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities and Autistic People
Dame Caroline Dinenage, Member of Parliament for Gosport and former Minister at the Department of Health and Social Care, has asked the Minister to improve…
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Care Workers Walk More than 1 Million Steps for Prostate Cancer
Four residential care workers have marched their way through March in a bid to raise awareness and cash for Prostate Cancer UK. Members of staff…
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One in Five Adults Wrongly Believe Dementia and Alzheimer’s Are the Same Thing
A fifth of adults wrongly believe Alzheimer’s and dementia are the same thing, according to research by Care UK. A poll of 2,000 people has…
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Hundreds of Thousands Set to Receive Spring Covid Jabs this Week
There are more than 725,000 chances to grab a jab this week as the NHS Covid-19 Vaccination Programme opens up its spring offer to all…
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Legends of Entertainment and Sport Call for the Voices of Older People to be Heard
Legends from the world of entertainment and sport are supporting charity Independent Age in calling for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing. Footballer Sir…
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Recognii Offers New Way to Entertain Residents With Later Stage Dementia
The first film created especially for people living with later-stage dementia is offering care homes an inexpensive and accessible new way to entertain residents. ‘Treasure…
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Disingenuous to Link Excess Deaths with Strike Days, says BMA
Responding to reports in the Telegraph linking a rise in excess deaths with the last round of junior doctors’ strikes in England, Professor David Strain,…
Read more...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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ARC England CEO Barometer Survey Shows Provider Confidence in Sector is Declining
The Association For Real Change (ARC England) Learning Disability Research Unit today publishes the findings of the first CEO Barometer, which found that the overall…
Read more...Emergency Care to be Prioritised During Most Disruptive Industrial Action in History
Strike action across England this week will see unprecedented disruption to NHS services, England’s top doctor has warned. Professor Sir Stephen Powis said that it…
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Tony Christie Teams Up with Music for Dementia to Record Hit Song for Thank You Day 2023
‘Thank You for Being a Friend’ set to connect nation and thank army of carers Singing legend, Tony Christie, who announced in January that he…
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