RCN Scotland Sounds Warning Over Cost of Living Impact
Scotland’s nursing staff are continuing to struggle to make ends meet during the ongoing cost of living crisis. In a survey of Royal College of…
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New Management Team Appointed At Egerton Manor In Bolton
Martha Hamill and Joanne Morton have been appointed manager and deputy manager respectively at New Care’s Egerton Manor on Blackburn Road in Bolton. Working together,…
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Report Calls For More Ordinary Lives For 2,000 People With Learning Disabilities And/Or Autism In ‘Long Stay’ Hospital Settings
An in-depth report into the challenges faced by people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people trying to leave ‘long-stay’ hospital is published in full for…
Read more...Guarded Welcome For Labour Social Care Plan
SOCIAL CARE providers have given a guarded welcome to the Labour Party’s reported priorities for the sector at the coming General Election. They have welcomed…
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Government Confirms Over £64 Billion Funding Package For Councils
More than £64 billion to bolster council budgets in England and ensure they can deliver frontline services has been confirmed by the Levelling Up Secretary….
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Introducing Whispers Specialist Care: A New Era in End-of-Life and Palliative Support
In a significant step towards enhancing end-of-life care, Whispers Care Solutions has proudly announced the launch of Whispers Specialist Care, a new dedicated end-of-life and…
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Development And Sale Of Alzheimer’s Drug, Aducanumab, Ceased
The pharmaceutical company, Biogen, announced this week that it will stop developing and marketing the Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab (commercially known as Aduhelm). Aducanumab is designed…
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Times Healthcare Report Highlights Mounting NHS Issues
A report commissioned by The Times revealed the considerable pressures that the health and social care sector is facing. The Times launched the Health Commission…
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Solving The Annual £3bn Recruitment And Retention Cost To Adult Social Care Providers
Care England has launched an end-to-end solution to help care providers and Local Authorities solve the adult social care workforce recruitment and retention conundrum. Professor…
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“Very Rare” Cases Of Transmissible Alzheimer’s Disease Identified
New research, published today in Nature Medicine, has identified five cases of Alzheimer’s disease believed to have arisen because of a medical treatment decades earlier….
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Over 10,000 NHS Pharmacies Begin Treating People For Common Conditions
Patients in England will be able to get treatment for seven common conditions at their high street pharmacy from today without needing to see a…
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Meallmore’s Jody Marshall Appointed Chair of NACC’s Scotland Region
Group Hospitality Manager of Meallmore Ltd, Jody Marshall, has been elected as the Chair of the National Association of Care Catering (NACC) Scotland Region. Joining…
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97% of Social Care Employers Faced Skills Shortages Last Year Survey Reveals
The majority (97%) of employers across the social care sector experienced skills shortages last year, according to new research released by leading specialist in workforce…
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Home Secretary Underlines Commitment To Cut Net Migration
Measures to transform the UK’s legal migration system, bolster border security and drive down unsustainable and unfair levels of migration will come into force within…
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Three Cheers For Thame Group Crowned ‘Local Heroes’ By Care Home
A Thame organisation has been named the winner of a care home’s ‘Local Heroes’ competition. Thame Good Neighbour Scheme, which offers services to those in…
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