Aspiring young healthcare professionals have celebrated completing six months of volunteering at St Wilfrid’s Hospice in Eastbourne. The hospice runs a Young Clinical Volunteer (YCV)…
Read more...Care homes in Wales could be forced to turn away elderly people with dementia unless ministers act to “fix the visa” for overseas staff. In…
Read more...NHS leaders in trusts with the highest levels of corridor care are getting specialised and tailored support as part of plans to eradicate corridor care…
Read more...Exemplar Health Care has recognised two of its Regional Service User Ambassadors with a new award, celebrating their outstanding contribution to shaping service user engagement…
Read more...Health and social care systems worldwide are undergoing rapid transformation as they contend with rising demand, persistent workforce shortages and increasingly complex care needs. The…
Read more...The latest quarterly figures from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) provide a detailed snapshot of adult social care activity in England, highlighting…
Read more...Universal, evidence-based guidelines for successfully implementing and sustaining staff wellbeing initiatives in healthcare have been released. Developed by researchers from the University of Leicester, and…
Read more...NIHR-supported researchers at The University of Manchester have developed and evaluated a new tool to help people with dementia transition more safely and smoothly from…
Read more...Millions of older people can now get protection against a virus which causes serious lung infections like bronchitis and pneumonia – preventing potentially thousands of…
Read more...Health experts and charities are calling for NHS trusts to #EndThePadGap: a hidden crisis that leaves many of the 14m people in the UK with…
Read more...Skills for Care has launched the fifth annual #CelebratingSocialCare campaign, dedicating the entire month of April 2026 to recognising and honouring the vital work carried…
Read more...UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan hosted her first event in the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday 25 March alongside migrant worker members, calling for visa…
Read more...Officially the oldest person in the Northwest of England, and the fifth oldest person in the UK, Marjorie Hodnett Aylward, affectionately known as ‘Aunt Marj’…
Read more...The London Care Record has now been used to support over 100 million ‘moments of care’ since it was introduced in 2020 (30 March 2026)….
Read more...Specialist dementia nursing charity, Dementia UK, has announced a new service to support people from the d/Deaf and hard of hearing community who are living…
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