New research published today in The Journal of Physiology shows that 12 weeks of easy-to-administer passive stretching helps improve blood flow by making it easier for your arteries to dilate and decreasing their stiffness.
Read more...A group of medical experts have expressed concerns over a COVID-19 anti-body test for health and social care staff.
The government has procured 10 million test kits month, with the first phase of the testing program, evaluating the NHS and social workers.
Read more...Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare’s Clinical Development and Leadership training programme has received re-accreditation from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) for the fifth year.
Read more...Two billion items of PPE have been delivered to NHS and social care staff across the UK since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Government has announced today.
Read more...New ‘mission-based approach’ to adopting new tech, digital and medical advances would support the nation’s health and wealth
Read more...Residents at Colten Care’s 21 care homes in the south have been reunited with their loved ones thanks to a new Covid-safe visiting approach.
Read more...Care and nursing homes closing in the wake of coronavirus, could spark a second crisis in the care of older and vulnerable adults, a campaigner warned today.
Read more...The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has published interim advice on priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination.
Read more...A VAT tribunal decision against HMRC highlights the challenges specialist health providers face in the daily treatment of VAT.
Read more...Positive news should be catalyst for change
Care providers say the time is coming for the Government to start planning for the future of social care after coronavirus.
Read more...A new report on death registrations not associated with COVID-19 from the ONS has given insight into the number of excess dementia deaths in England and Wales during the pandemic.
Read more...ADASS has today published a survey that offers significant insight into the response in adult social care to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Read more...Doctors’ leaders have launched a High Court challenge against the Government for its refusal to launch an urgent inquiry into shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) for NHS staff and other frontline care workers.
Read more...Care providers are warning there is no excuse for complacency, after another fall in the number of people who have died from coronavirus in social care settings was announced.
Read more...Test kits have been offered to every care home for over-65s or those with dementia in England, reaching the testing target for June 6th.
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