Category: Care sector news
CARE HOME PROVIDERS LAUNCH COVID-19 “EMERGENCE PLANâ€
Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare have launched an “Emergence Plan” to guide the care home providers through the easing of social distancing measures over the coming...EMOTIONAL SCENES AS INDOOR CARE HOME VISITS RESUME
Residents at Royal Star & Garter care homes have held hands with loved ones for the first time in nearly a year. It marked residents’ first physical contact with relatives since the...£79 MILLION TO BOOST MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Millions more children and young people will have access to significantly expanded mental health services, backed by £79 million, it has been announced. The number of mental health support...FREE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING SESSIONS LAUNCHED FOR CARE SECTOR WORKFORCE
Performing Medicine, specialist in arts-based healthcare training and research, has launched a series of free virtual sessions available throughout March for the health and social care workforce. ...NOTHING FOR SOCIAL CARE IN THIS BUDGET, SAYS NCF
The chief executive of the National Care Forum has criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget announcement today, stating that it offers “nothing for social care.” In response...BUDGET IS “MISSED OPPORTUNITY†TO SUPPORT DISABLED PEOPLE, SAYS SENSE
The national disability charity Sense has issued a statement in response to today’s Budget delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak MP. Whilst the Budget included...LEARNING DISABILITY SERVICE USER STEPS UP TO CHARITY CHALLENGE
A woman with learning disabilities is clocking up the miles by walking 14km in laps of her garden to raise £1,000 for the charity which supports her. Linda lives at a service in Stonehouse...THE CARE WORKERS’ CHARITY PUBLISHES 2020 IMPACT REPORT
The Care Workers’ Charity has provided grants of over £2 million in total to support care workers in 2020, it has been revealed. The Care Workers’ Charity has published...UK TO STRENGTHEN ETHICAL APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL CARE WORKER RECRUITMENT
The UK has updated its Code of Practice (CoP) for the international recruitment of health and social care staff to align with the World Health Organization, widening the global market from which the...LEARNING DISABILITY COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO VACCINE PRIORITISATION NEWS
All those on the GP learning disability register should be prioritised for a COVID-19 vaccine, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (KVCI) has advised the government. Under this...
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