Centenarian Recalls Meeting Churchill and Eisenhower During Birthday Bash
A Southampton woman who told the 34th President of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower, to wait in line for his mail has celebrated turning 100…
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Social Care
Call for PM to Make Social Care a New Year Resolution
A social care provider is calling on the Prime Minister to make looking after our oldest and most vulnerable top of her New Year…
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Care Home Goes Around the World with Themed Evenings
Residents at a Barrhead care home have travelled across Europe, sampling the local cuisine and cultures, without even packing a suitcase. Staff at Bupa’s Norwood…
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Councils respond to cuts in Public Health grants allocation
Responding to today’s written ministerial statement confirming a cut to councils’ public health grants, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, Cllr Izzi…
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Care UK Celebrates its Brightest Stars
The Residential Care Services (RCS) Stars awards recognise individual and team excellence at care homes nationwide across Care UK’s RCS division. A total of 22…
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Crieff Residents Raise £900 for Local Care Home
Generous members of the Perthshire community raised an impressive £900 for residents at HC-One care home, The Birches, during a recent bingo night. Volunteers…
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£72,500 Cap On Social Care To Be Scrapped
The proposed £72,500 cap on social care costs due to come into effect in England is to be scrapped, a health minister has said. The…
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Government Must Focus On How Brexit Affects The Voluntary Social Care Sector
Brexit will undermine support for disabled people unless the government shores up the voluntary social care sector, according to a new report. Voluntary Organisations Disability…
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LGA Responds to CMA Care Home Market Study
Responding to the publication of the Competition and Markets Authority’s final findings following an extensive review of the UK care home sector, Cllr Izzi Seccombe,…
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Watchdog’s Funding Call Is A Wake-Up To Government
A watchdog’s report, which warns that the current system for providing social care is no longer sustainable without more funding, should be a wake-up call…
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Adult Social Care Funding Needs To Be Addressed Now And In The Future, Says Adass
Measures to address the long-term reform of adult social care need to be brought forward to tackle the significant financial, workforce and quality pressures facing…
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RAF Charity Celebrates Care Home’s ‘Outstanding Rating’ By Regulator Care Quality Commission Putting It In The Top 2% Of Adult Social Care
Princess Marina House, the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund’s flagship care and respite centre on the West Sussex coast, has been awarded an ‘outstanding’ rating…
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Aegon Calls Out Consequences Of Further Delay In Government Policy On Social Care Funding
Aegon calls out consequences of further delay in Government policy on social care funding Delay in public consultation leaves planning for social care costs in…
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Ombudsman Highlights The Power Of Complaints To Improve Social Care
The impact of an individual complaint in improving care services for others is being highlighted in a new report by the Local Government and Social…
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VODG Welcomes Government’s Step Forward In Addressing Future Social Care Strategy, But Demands That Disability Provision Is Not Sidelined
Government has announced a process for consultation on social care. This is a step forward that VODG welcomes in principle. But with a predominant focus…
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