McCain Foodservice Launches ‘Healthcare Heroes Guide’
As a nation, our eating habits are continually transforming and now, more than ever, healthcare caterers should be doing what they can to keep up…
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LGA Responds to Healthwatch England Report on Social Care and Carers
Responding to Healthwatch England’s report into Social Care and carers, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, said: “With people…
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CQC Inspection Regime Having an Impact but There is Room for Improvement
Care Quality Commission (CQC)’s “Ofsted-style” inspection and rating regime is a significant improvement on the system it replaced, but it could be made more…
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Octopus Healthcare To Fund Care Home Development In York For Growing Care Home Portfolio
Octopus Healthcare is delighted to announce the completion of a new deal to fund the construction of a 64 bedroom care home in Fulford, York….
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Former Nurse With Dementia Perfectly Recalls Healthcare Skills
AN 84-YEAR-OLD former nurse has been recalling her healthcare skills at the care home where she worked – despite her advanced dementia. June Jennings is…
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TV Actress And Media Personality Sherrie Hewson Appointed Ambassador To Avery Healthcare
Avery Healthcare is delighted to announce that stage and TV actress and media personality Sherrie Hewson has been appointed as an Ambassador for its care…
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Secretary Of State For Health And Social Care Joins Top Line-Up For Expo 2018
More than 5,500 delegates expected at Manchester Central for 5 and 6 Sept The newly appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt…
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Counties Set out Social Care policy Positions in New Report
England’s largest councils have backed government plans to introduce a cap on care – but warn that it must be fully-funded otherwise it will inadvertently…
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Special Meeting for City Historian Len
CHESTER historian and Honorary Freeman of the Borough Len Morgan was treated to a trip down memory lane by a local history group. Saltney and…
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Taking to the Streets with Pride
50 dementia care village residents and staff will prove that you’re never too old to celebrate diversity in all its forms when they take to…
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Retirement Levy” Suggested to Fund Future Care
A one-off “Retirement Levy”, to fund residential care, or care support people may require in old age, has been suggested by the Department of Health…
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NHS England Launches Plan To Reduce Long Stays In Hospital
The NHS has today (Wed June 13th) announced plans to free up thousands of hospital beds and improve patient care by cutting long stays in…
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NHS Confederation-Commissioned Study Shows Funding is Urgently Needed to Prevent ‘Decade of Misery’
Today the NHS Confederation responded to Securing The Future: Funding health and social care to the 2030s, the report it commissioned with the Health Foundation…
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New Pub Opens At Borough Care’s Bamford Close Home
A pub built by Borough Care at its Bamford Close home for older people in Cale Green, Stockport is now open for business. Residents and…
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Liverpool Care Home Should Not Have Banned Daughter from Visiting Her Mum Without Warning,
A woman was banned from visiting her mother in a Liverpool care home after she complained about her treatment, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman…
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