Call On Chancellor To Give Social Care £7bn
Jeremy Hunt urged to meet his own suggested cash injection CAMPAIGNERS are calling on the Chancellor to give social care the extra £7bn a year…
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Healthcare
“Tough Decisions” as Financial Pressures Threaten Care and Support Services
Further savings to council budgets mean tough decisions for social care leaders and struggles for people needing care and support 470,000 people in England waiting…
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Department For Health And Social Care Announces New NIHR Research Delivery Network
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that a new NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN) will commence in 2024. It will support…
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NIHR Awards £42m To New Centres To Develop Innovative Technology Solutions To Improve Healthcare
The NIHR has awarded almost £42 million (£41,790,690) to establish 14 new centres across England that will drive life-changing research into health technologies. From 1…
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Over 20 MP and MSPs visit HC-One Care Homes for UK Parliament Week
HC-One care homes across the UK took part in UK Parliament Week from the 6th – 11th November 2023 where a record number of MPs…
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New Sec Of State Must Tackle Social Care
Mountain of information points to need for care reform THE new Health and Social Care Secretary must urgently tackle the growing crisis in social care…
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Victoria Atkins Appointed New Health & Social Care Secretary
Victoria Atkins MP has been appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care as part of a Ministerial reshuffle. She replaces Steve Barclay MP…
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DHSC “Struggling to Deliver Care”
Sector leaders have responded to finding in NAO’s recent report, ‘Reforming adult social care in England’ which revealed that rising inflation compounded long-standing pressures has…
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Worcester Care Home Raises £510 For St Richards Hospice
The Belmont care home in Worcester successfully raised £510 for St Richards Hospice during their Summer Fete on the 19th of August. The event featured…
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Prevention Is The Best Cure To Ease Winter Pressures, Says New Report By ADASS
Improving care at home, more sheltered, extra care and dementia focussed housing, investment in crisis resolution intermediate care and better information and advice for older…
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Without Drastic Change, NHS Situation Will ‘Get Far Worse’ Into Winter, says BMA
Responding to today’s waiting list and A&E performance data from NHS England, Dr Latifa Patel, BMA representative body chair, said: “Sadly, but unsurprisingly, the waiting list has once again…
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Report on Reforming Social Care Reveals £1bn “Redirected”
The National Audit Office (NAO) published a report looking at Reforming Adult Social Care in England, and suggests that the government is behind its revised…
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NHS Launches Latest Report On Prescribing Costs
NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has released a report on Prescribing Costs in Hospitals and the Community for England in 2022-23. The total cost to…
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A Five-Year Project To Bring Alzheimer’s Blood Tests To The NHS
Experts have said that blood tests for Alzheimer’s could be available on the NHS within five years. That’s thanks to the Blood Biomarker Challenge, a…
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Meet Honey, A Makaton Responding Therapy Dog at Local Care Home
Tees Grange, a complex care nursing home in Stockton-on-Tees, has an unconventional four-legged staff member: two-year-old golden Labrador retriever, Honey. Having become an integral part…
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