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Government Statistics Show 20% Growth in Health & Social Care Apprenticeships
Provisional numbers from the Government’s Statistical First Release for 2014/15 has revealed a 20% leap in the numbers of Health and Social Care Apprenticeships to 84,300, up from 70,080 last...
Castleoak and Pramerica join forces on £50M care home development programme
Castleoak have partnered with Pramerica Real Estate Investors as part of a £50 million care home investment development programme, across the UK. As part of the collaboration, care home...
One in four workers off work with poor mental health, Usdaw says
An Usdaw survey has shown that one in four workers have taken time off work because of their poor mental state. The survey forms part of the Union’s ‘Is worry tying you up in...
Alzheimer’s Society urges government to consider dementia carers
Alzheimer’s Society has responded to George Osborne’s plan to give working grandparents the right to take time off to help care for their grandchildren. As an extension of flexible...
Glen Care opens specialist residential service for men
Glen Care is opening a new Residential Care Service with Nursing for men with learning disabilities, complex needs and impulsive behaviour at the Langford Centre in Bexhill-on-Sea. Highwoods is a...
Thorne Golf Club tees off for its annual charity Golf Day
Thorne Golf Club is holding its annual charity Golf Day to support the St John’s Hospice Appeal. The day takes place on Saturday 19th September at the Kirton Lane Club, Thorne. Gordon...
Silver Sunday celebrates older people this October
Silver Sunday is a day in the national calendar, the first Sunday in October, where local communities and individuals put on free events for their senior citizens. Older people aged 65 and over...
ILC-UK calls for extra care housing focus to reduce loneliness
A new report from the International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK) has found that residential housing with flexible care provision (extra care) can help to reduce feelings of loneliness and...
Social care jobs more than double but applicants fall
Statistics from CV-Library , the independent job board, have revealed that while 2015 has seen a significant rise in social care jobs, application rates have failed to maintain the same growth,...
‘A Day in the Life’ as Birch Green opens Cavern Club room
The Mayor and Mayoress of West Lancashire were among the guests as Birch Green Care Home in Skelmersdale unveiled its newest facility – a Beatles-themed reminiscence room. The...
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