Deaf Awareness Week Starts Today
It is Deaf Awareness Week (1-7 May 2023) and RNID, the charity supporting people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus are calling on…
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Healthcare
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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Caring for the Caregivers: Chartwell House’s Gift Hamper Surprise to Local Heroes
Chartwell House by Boutique Care Homes, a residential care home based in the heart of Thanet, recently delivered surprise gift hampers to local healthcare and…
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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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NHS “Must be Reformed” to Deliver Care Patients Want says Wes Streeting
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said the NHS must be reformed rather than “pouring more money into hospitals”. In a speech to the King’s…
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Average CQC Fine Increased by 242% Post-Pandemic, New Analysis Reveals
The healthcare watchdog is prosecuting and fining care homes and registered providers more now than pre-pandemic, new analysis from full-service law firm Shakespeare Martineau has…
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Care to Talk? Podcast to go LIVE at Health + Care
The season finale of ‘Care to talk?’ podcast is being recorded LIVE at Health + Care this April – with care teams invited to be…
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Carer’s Leave Bill passes Committee Stage in the House of Lords
The Carer’s Leave Bill, a Private Member’s Bill brought forward by Wendy Chamberlain MP, has successfully passed Committee Stage in the House of Lords today….
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CQC Updates “Plan and Approach” for Transformation
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has issued an update on its “complex transformation programme” and evolving inspection strategy. This outlines the regulator’s work so far…
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Over Half a Million Appointments Now Cancelled Due to Industrial Action
MORE than 200,000 appointments and operations were cancelled in last week’s doctors’ strike. It takes the total above half a million since stoppages began in…
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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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People in Deprived Areas Receive Less Care When Dying at Home
People from the most deprived areas of England who die at home are left with less NHS care, such as 50% fewer outpatient appointments, in…
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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,…
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Government to Delay Implementation of LPS “Beyond Life” of Current Parliament
The Government announced on 5 April 2023 that it had taken the “difficult decision to delay the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards beyond the…
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