National Minimum and Living Wage rates Increase Today (1 April)
Millions of UK workers will receive a pay rise from Friday 1 April 2022, as the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rise comes…
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Research
Dementia Organisations Fly the Flag for Music as New Study Gets Underway
Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, has joined forces with Music for Dementia, a national campaign, to highlight music as a positive…
Read more...New Care Home Study Reduces Emergency Hospital Admissions by 75%
New research from Barnet Hospital has revealed that the introduction of care home multi-disciplinary teams (MDT) can drastically reduce emergency admissions, helping to ease pressures…
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Skills for Care Conducts Review to Support Social Care Workers in Discussing Sexuality and Relationships
Skills for Care, in collaboration with Supported Loving, Care Quality Commission (CQC), and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), has conducted a learning…
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Urgent Support Required for Ukrainians Who have a Learning Disability
Vice President of Inclusion Europe leads coalition of ENABLE Scotland, Learning Disability England and All Wales People First to call for urgent support required for…
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Northumbria University Leads £220,000 Study into Social Care Provision
A new study led by researchers at Northumbria University will document and analyse the experiences of young disabled adults who employ Personal Assistants to help…
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Tackling Pollution Should be a Public Health Priority says Alzheimer’s Research UK
Research presented at the 2021 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Colorado links air pollution to brain changes associated with diseases like Alzheimer’s. Findings revealed…
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UK University Project Could Boost Arthritis Drug Availability
A project led by the University of Edinburgh and global biotech company FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies UK (FDB) could make effective drugs more easily available to…
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Combination of Hearing and Vision Problems Linked to Dementia Risk
Researchers in Korea have found that people with both vision and hearing problems are more likely to experience cognitive decline and develop dementia than those…
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New Research into Covid’s Impact on People with Learning Difficulties Released
New research published today reveals the extent of isolation experienced by people with learning disabilities and autism across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic,…
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Increased Pressures May Have Led to Inappropriate DNACPR Care Decisions
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) today publishes an interim report from its review into the application of do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions during…
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Covid ‘Lessons learned’ Inquiry Must Inform How We Manage Second Wave, says BMA
Responding to the launch of a joint inquiry1 from the Health and Social Care Committee and the Science and Technology Committee into the lessons learned from…
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Blood Test For Tau Protein Predicts Alzheimer’s Disease
Dementia researchers have found a blood-based marker for the hallmark Alzheimer’s protein, tau, may be able to predict which people without memory and thinking problems…
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“A Sector Out Of Options” – Social Care Providers Resort To Offering Care To Fewer People To Manage Spiralling Costs According To Newly Published Report
The number of social care providers who say they have been forced to cut support for vulnerable adults has doubled in the last 12 months…
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European Care Home Market Attracts Record Investment
The European healthcare market continues to attract increased investment volumes, with capital targeting the sector having more than doubled since 2015 to €6.5 billion annually,…
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