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The Brinnington Hall Care Team were proud to be announced the ‘Excellence in Quality’ winners.

BRINNINGTON HALL CARE HOME SCOOPS NHS STAR AWARD

Staff and residents at a Stockport care home have been celebrating as they triumphed at the NHS STAR Awards. The awards are organised by NHS Stockport CCG and Stockport Council as a way of...
COVID Vaccine to Over 70s

COVID VACCINES ROLLED OUT TO OVER 70S AND EXTREMELY VULNERABLE

Millions of people aged 70 and over and those clinically extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 will be invited to get their vaccinations from today, Monday 18th January, as the NHS begins the rollout of...
 General Manager Jessica Pateman

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CARE HOME MANAGER CONFIRMED AS YOUNGEST IN ENGLAND

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have confirmed that a 22-year-old General Manager in Kettering is the youngest Registered Manager of a care home in England. Residents and staff at Elm Bank Care...
Alice Mitroi - the Royal Alfred Seafarers' Society's newly appointed Home Manager

NEW YEAR BRINGS NEW APPOINTMENTS AT MARITIME CHARITY

Specialist maritime charity and care home The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society has made major appointments to its senior team following the retirement of two of its longest-standing team...
People with mental health issues who are detained under the Mental Health Act will benefit from landmark reforms which provide more control over their care and treatment, the government has announced today.

MENTAL HEALTH LAWS TO UNDERGO LANDMARK REFORM

People with mental health issues who are detained under the Mental Health Act will benefit from landmark reforms which provide more control over their care and treatment, the government has...
Gladys Leaf, resident at The Manor House, receiving her COVID-19 vaccination.

EAST YORKSHIRE CARE HOME RESIDENTS RECEIVE OXFORD-ASTRAZENECA VACCINE

All residents at The Manor House care home in Little Weighton have received the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, making them some of the first in the world to receive the...
The National Care Forum (NCF) –a not-for-profit association for social care providers - has been working with its membership over recent days as the pressures hitting care services, due to COVID-related staff absences, are becoming ever more apparent.

WARNING ISSUED AS STAFFING PRESSURES MOUNT IN SOCIAL CARE

A key social care organisation has urged the government to act early to ease the mounting pressures on social care providers.  The National Care Forum (NCF) –a not-for-profit...
Belong Operations Manager Sue Goldsmith

BELONG APPOINTS OPERATIONS MANAGER

Dementia specialist care provider Belong has appointed registered nurse Sue Goldsmith to the newly-created role of Operations Manager, in a move designed to enhance the local care operator’s...
Care Home Resident Covid 19 Vaccine

WWII VETERAN RECEIVES COVID-19 JAB ON 97TH BIRTHDAY

A WWII veteran celebrated her 97th birthday by becoming the first resident in her care home to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Joan Sprigg, who served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), was...
Residents at Westgate sitting down to dinner at the cabin restaurant.

SPECIALIST CARE PROVIDER TRANSFORMS SUMMERHOUSE INTO COVID-SECURE RESTAURANT

Residents at Westgate, a 24-hour support partnership for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems and physical disabilities, have enjoyed a meal in a pop-up restaurant in their...

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