Government Acts To Improve Patient Safety In Mental Health Care
An inquiry into the deaths of mental health inpatients in Essex will become statutory, as the government presses ahead with action to improve patient safety…
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Record Recruitment And Reform To Boost Patient Care Under First NHS Long Term Workforce Plan
Record numbers of doctors, nurses, dentists and other healthcare staff will be trained in England as part of the first ever Long Term Workforce Plan…
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NHS Must Make Patient Safety More Than Just A Promise
The National Health Service is suffering from a deficit of accountability and compassion for patients and their families when things go wrong, England’s Health Ombudsman…
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Charity Calls on Government to Increase Funding for End of Life Care
A charity that provides training in end of life care is calling on the Government to make more resources and training available for generalist frontline…
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Matt Hancock’s Actions During The Pandemic Left The Care Sector Exposed, Says UNISON
Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been accused of leaving social care in a “dreadful state”. Mr Hancock gave evidence earlier this week at the…
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Care Home Manager Surprised with Award as Employee Recognition Programme Relaunches
The manager of a Northamptonshire care home was shocked when she received a surprise visit from CEO Caroline Roberts who presented her with the first…
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Builders Hand Over Key To Brendoncare’s New St Giles View Care Home In Winchester
To mark its completion, Winchester-based charity Brendoncare has received the key to its new purpose-built 60 bed care home in the city from construction company,…
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Report Reveals Shortage-Hit Care Sector Turns To International Recruitment
UK health and care sector employers have benefited from a boom in international recruitment at a time of significant staff shortages. But if high reliance…
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MHA Cromwell House Takes Residents On Steam Train As Part Of Seize The Day Initiative
Residents at a Norwich home were treated to a day out on a steam train as part of their Seize the Day initiative. Staff at…
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A.I. innovations to transform living with dementia are awarded £1.9m by Longitude Prize on Dementia
An app that repairs “broken” speech, high-tech glasses that can help those with dementia recognise others, and a “Yellow Brick Road” map to help people…
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Consultants’ Strikes “Unchartered Territory” For Post-Pandemic NHS
Senior hospital doctors in England have voted to strike for two days next month, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. More than 24,000 consultants…
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Last Chance To Get Protected From Covid
England’s top NHS doctor Professor Sir Stephen Powis has called on people eligible for a covid jab to book an appointment before the end of…
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Construction Starts £7.9m Specialist Care Home in Bishop Auckland
Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of specialist nursing care for adults living with complex needs, has begun on-site construction for its new £7.9m specialist…
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Notts Dementia Care Specialist Gains Approval For Growth
NOTTINGHAM dementia care home specialist, Church Farm Care, has received planning permission to extend its popular home in Cotgrave following a raft of other successful…
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BMA Announces Longest Strike By Junior Doctors In NHS History
What is thought to be the longest single period of industrial action in the history of the health service will be undertaken by junior doctors…
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