Top Tips to Introducing Exercise for Your Care Residents
By Gym Provider Anytime Fitness UK (www.anytimefitness.co.uk) Giving care residents the opportunity to participate in physical activity should be seen as a major priority. As…
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Specialist Pharmacist Leads Unique Pilot To Prevent Falls In Elderly Care Homes
By Liz Butterfield, Immedicare (www.immedicare.co.uk) Specialist Pharmacist The COVID-19 pandemic continues to shine a spotlight on how we care for our elderly. The negative impact…
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MPs Meet With Dementia Charity To Discuss NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding
A group of high-profile MPs including Elliot Colburn (Conservative MP for Carshalton and Wallington and vice-chair of the APPG on Dementia), Mims Davies (Conservative, Minister…
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Care Boss Blasts Scottish Local Authorities For ‘Blatant Hypocrisy’ Over New Fee Levels
A leading Scottish care home operator has called out local authorities across Scotland, accusing them of ‘blatant hypocrisy and double standards’, after documents have revealed…
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Exemplar Health Care Appoints New Huntington’s Disease Nurse Consultant
Joanna McCabe has been named the first Huntington’s Disease Nurse Consultant at the leading complex nursing care provider. Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s…
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Community Defibrillator Installed Courtesy of Falmouth Home
A community defibrillator has been installed in Falmouth thanks to a social care provider. Methodist Homes (MHA) run MHA Langholme in Falmouth and have installed…
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Senior Doctors In Wales Vote To Strike Over Pay
A 48 hour strike will take place from Tuesday 16 April Consultants and SAS (specialist, associate specialist, and speciality) doctors have voted to strike as part of…
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NHS Rolls Out ‘Wearable’ 24-Hour Infusion For Advanced Parkinson’s
Hundreds of NHS patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease are set to benefit from a portable drug infusion that is gradually released around-the-clock to help better…
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New BMA Report Highlights ‘Broken’ Mental Health System
A new BMA report, “It’s broken” Doctors’ experiences on the frontline of a failing mental healthcare system”, based on first-hand accounts of doctors working across…
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Blood Tests May Predict Dementia 15 Year Before Diagnosis
A blood test that looks for changes in certain proteins could predict dementia up to 15 years before diagnosis, research suggests. Scientists have identified 11…
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1.4 million More People at Risk of Severe COVID-19 to Have Access to Antiviral Paxlovid
A further 1.4 million people who have an increased risk for progression to severe COVID-19 will be eligible for Paxlovid if they test positive following…
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Erectile Dysfunction Drugs May Be Linked To Reduced Risk Of Alzheimer’s Disease, Study Suggests
Drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction could also be linked to a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research from University College…
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Report Calls For More Ordinary Lives For 2,000 People With Learning Disabilities And/Or Autism In ‘Long Stay’ Hospital Settings
An in-depth report into the challenges faced by people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people trying to leave ‘long-stay’ hospital is published in full for…
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“Very Rare” Cases Of Transmissible Alzheimer’s Disease Identified
New research, published today in Nature Medicine, has identified five cases of Alzheimer’s disease believed to have arisen because of a medical treatment decades earlier….
Read more...Over 10,000 NHS Pharmacies Begin Treating People For Common Conditions
Patients in England will be able to get treatment for seven common conditions at their high street pharmacy from today without needing to see a…
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