NHS Providers and NHS Confederation Confirm Merger
NHS Providers and the NHS Confederation have today confirmed plans to merge, paving the way for a new organisation to represent frontline NHS organisations across…
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Southbourne Beach Care Home Participates in YMCA Bournemouth’s BIG Sleep Easy 2025
Southbourne Beach Care Home joined around 30 local businesses in supporting YMCA Bournemouth’s BIG Sleep Easy 2025, an impactful initiative aimed at raising awareness and…
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Care Homes and Nottingham University Unite to Share Dementia Care Best Practice
Staff from an East Midlands care group and the University of Nottingham recently attended an international Alzheimer’s conference – taking learnings to apply to their…
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Age UK Says Ministers Must Set A Date
Today (October 31) Age UK launches ‘The Longest Wait - Our A&E Crisis Demands an Emergency Response’; a new report which lays bare the devastating impact…
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Care Residents and Carers Urged to Get Flu Vaccination
The flu season has hit the NHS more than a month earlier than usual, with cases three times higher than this time last year. The…
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1 in 4 District Nurses Leave NHS, Putting Care Shift Plans in Jeopardy
Government plans to move more NHS care into the community and out of hospitals won’t be achievable unless action is taken to address the dire…
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North Wales Hospital Crisis Deepens After Care Home Residents Hit By Cuts
A social care champion has warned that a lack of fair funding from Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is worsening the crisis in hospital discharges…
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New Multi-Million Pound Fund Launched To Tackle Critical Dementia Research Questions
A new global initiative aimed at addressing the most complex challenges in dementia research has been established by Alzheimer’s Research UK and Gates Ventures. The…
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CCN Responds To Speculation That Government May Change Fair Funding Review
The County Council’s Network has responded to a report in The Times newspaper that the government is set to change some of the formulae within its…
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Advances In Science Set To Transform Treatments For People Living With Dementia
New solutions to dramatically increase the number of patients receiving a timely formal diagnosis of dementia are to be rolled out by the end of…
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Young Onset Dementia Awareness Day Care England Shines a Spotlight on Awareness, Action, and Change
Today marks Young Onset Dementia Awareness Day, a vital opportunity to raise awareness, challenge assumptions, and celebrate the work being done to improve understanding and…
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CQC Warns Lack Of Investment In Community Services Threatens Shift Towards Care Outside Hospital
The health and social care system remains fragmented and under severe strain as it prepares for a major shift from hospital to community care, the…
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CQC Launches Major Consultation on Regulation Reform
The Care Quality Commission has launched a comprehensive public consultation seeking views on proposed changes to how it assesses, rates and regulates health and care…
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Care Home Residents Urged to Get Vaccinated as Flu Cases Rise
Residents of adult care homes who are eligible for both influenza and COVID-19 vaccinations are being strongly encouraged to accept immunisation, following recent NHS data…
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Scottish Government “Steps in” to Sponsor Visas for Foreign Care Workers
Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney announced that the Scottish Government will directly sponsor visas for overseas care workers in a bold move to counter Westminster’s…
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