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The government has announced a £25 million boost for nurse training which will see nurses and other healthcare students benefit from expanded virtual training, and the launch of a new national critical care qualification for qualified nurses.

£25 MILLION BOOST FOR NURSE TRAINING ANNOUNCED

The government has announced a £25 million boost for nurse training which will see nurses and other healthcare students benefit from expanded virtual training, and the launch of a new national...
Care provider Cygnet Health Care has announced the launch of a video campaign called #ihadthevaccine to urge ethnic minority communities to have the COVID-19 vaccine.

CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO COUNTER MISINFORMATION AROUND COVID VACCINE

Care provider Cygnet Health Care has announced the launch of a video campaign called #ihadthevaccine to urge ethnic minority communities to have the COVID-19 vaccine.  Amid concerns that the...
Resident Sir Jack Shaw reading pen pal letter from America

PEN PAL PROJECT CONNECTS CARE HOMES THOUSANDS OF MILES APART

Residents at a Scottish care home have been putting pen to paper to connect with new pals in the USA, sharing stories of past memories and experiences of the pandemic. Edinburgh care home Cramond...
The return of visiting in care homes this week is a welcome step but more funding is required to support care homes, the Chief Executive of the National Care Forum has said.

GOVERNMENT URGED TO CONFIRM FUNDING TO SUPPORT CARE HOME VISITING

The return of visiting in care homes this week is a welcome step but more funding is required to support care homes, the Chief Executive of the National Care Forum has said. Vic Rayner, Chief...
Hugo Spalding, MD of Gather Care

CQC URGED TO INCLUDE INFECTION CONTROL IN INSPECTION CRITERIA

Hugo Spalding, Managing Director of Gather Care, has written to the chief executive of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) asking him to use the experiences of the coronavirus pandemic to update its...
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 months.

CARE HOME PROVIDERS LAUNCH COVID-19 “EMERGENCE PLAN”

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 at Royal Star & Garter's Surbiton home, as residents are reunited indoors with their loved ones.

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...
Maritime charity The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society and its care home, Belvedere House, is proudly recognising the contribution of its team this International Women’s Day, by marking the diversity of its predominately female workforce.

ROYAL ALFRED CHAMPIONS DIVERSITY ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Maritime charity The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society and its care home, Belvedere House, is proudly recognising the contribution of its team this International Women’s Day, by marking...
COVID Impacts Care Home Revenues

CARE HOME MARKET REVENUES HIT BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The care home market has taken a short-term hit as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research from AMA Research has revealed. The care home industry was hugely affected by the COVID-19...
£79m mental health support for children and young people

£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...

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