Care Sector Reacts To Chancellor Rachel Reeves Autumn Budget
The residential and nursing care sector has voiced alarm at Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget today, warning that the financial package offers insufficient support to…
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Alzheimer’s Prevention Charity Pioneers Research On Nutrition Biomarkers To Detect Dementia Risk From Age 18
The Food for the Brain Foundation’s Cognitive Function Test will now be used to assess blood biomarkers being developed in the ‘READ OUT’ trial, a…
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SCIE’s New Report Finds People Who Draw On Social Care Feel Excluded From Reform Efforts
The Social Care Institute for Excellence’s (SCIE’s) new report, titled ‘Shaping change together: co-producing innovation in social care’, examines how people receiving social care, carers…
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“Catch A Bargain Not A Bug” With NHS Jabs Available On The High Street This Black Friday
NHS teams across the country are ramping up their winter flu vaccine offer in the lead up to Christmas – hitting the high street and…
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Covid Inquiry Reveals Government’s Response was “Too Little Too Late”
The Chair of the UK Covid Inquiry, Baroness Heather Hallett, has published her second report which concludes that the response to the pandemic by the…
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Care Staff Falling Ill as Understaffing Takes Its Toll
Hospitals and care homes in the UK are so short-staffed that nursing staff are continuing to work while unwell, with stress the leading cause of…
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Transforming Care Through Sensory Innovation
Multi Sensory Care Solutions: Bringing Outstanding Care Excellence to Your Setting When a care facility achieves an Outstanding rating from the Care Quality Commission, placing…
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Billions Spent to Tackle NHS Waiting Lists But Targets Still Missed, PAC finds
A new report on reducing NHS waiting times for planned (or elective) care, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has revealed that despite NHSE spending £3.24bn…
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University Academic Calls for Emotionally Intelligent Dementia Care at UK Dementia Congress
The future of quality dementia care relies on understanding and emotional awareness that the experience of dementia heightens feelings and lessens thinking, according to Professor…
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Promising Research Into Shingles Vaccine as a Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease
A new study, funded by Alzheimer’s Society, has identified three existing medications that could be repurposed to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The research led…
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Dr Arun Chopra Assumes Role of Interim Chief Executive of CQC
Following the announcement by Sir Julian Hartley that he would be stepping down as Chief Executive of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) with immediate effect…
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Further Strikes Could Result In NHS Cutting Staff Or Services, Health Leaders Warn
The NHS may have to cut frontline staff or services due to the financial impact of further strikes on already squeezed budgets, health leaders warn….
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NHS Waiting Lists Show First Decline in Months as Winter Pressures Mount
England’s health service has recorded its first reduction in waiting lists after three consecutive months of increases, according to newly released data that will offer…
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Nottingham Professor To Discuss Benefits Of Exercise For Older People In House Of Commons
A University of Nottingham researcher will speak in the House of Commons this week as part of a discussion on how physical activity can boost…
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NHS Issues Flu Jab SOS With Worst Of Winter Only Weeks Away
The NHS has issued a ‘flu jab SOS’, with England’s top nurse warning people to get protected now, with only weeks to go before the…
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