A new Research Letter published in Palliative Medicine estimates that the palliative care needs of people living with dementia in England and Wales will be…
Read more...The BMA’s junior doctors committee (JDC) in England has accepted the Government’s pay offer, with 66% of junior doctors voting in favour of the deal….
Read more...The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced the appointment of Tom Riordan to the role of Second Permanent Secretary. The appointment has…
Read more...Portsdown View care home recently participated in a ‘coffee and cake afternoon’ at Pompey Health & Fitness Club to help raise funds for Dementia UK….
Read more...In its submission to the Treasury ahead of the Autumn Budget, the Local Government Authority (LGA) says the Government needs to take immediate steps to…
Read more...Industry leaders have responded to the release of a devastating report which reveals that a decade of austerity has left the NHS in “critical condition”…
Read more...Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer will today pledge the ‘biggest reimagining of our NHS since its birth’ in a “reform or die” speech this morning…
Read more...A new report by the Mental Health Foundation, Planning for Prevention, has highlighted that an estimated 10 million people across England – almost 1 in…
Read more...Councils across England, Scotland and Wales have a collective hole in their finances amounting to more than £4bn for the coming financial year, way beyond…
Read more...Residential and nursing homes in Stoke-on-Trent could have to reach new standards to be awarded future contracts from the city council. Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s Cabinet…
Read more...People who take certain drugs for type 2 diabetes appear to have a lower risk of dementia, according to new research published in the BMJ….
Read more...Temporary NHS workers fear speaking up about patient safety due to discrimination, an investigation by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) has found, with…
Read more...Baroness Gillian Merron has ruled out a care cost cap as “undeliverable” following a contentious debate in the House of Lords earlier this week. The…
Read more...The healthcare watchdog is prosecuting care homes and registered providers more than ever before in its 15-year history, new analysis from full-service law firm Shakespeare…
Read more...The ‘Beautiful Game’ has kicked off at Bernard Sunley, the Woking-based residential, nursing and dementia care home run by charity Friends of the Elderly, with…
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