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DEMENTIA CAMPAIGNER RAISES £3000

DEMENTIA CAMPAIGNER RAISES OVER £3000 WITH WING WALK

Care Protect has supported high profile dementia awareness campaigner, Jayne Connery, to undertake a nerve-wracking wing walk in aid of BRACE, the Alzheimer’s research charity. The wing walk,...
Marie Curie programme to provide blueprint for end of life care service design

Marie Curie programme to provide blueprint for end of life care service design

Terminal illness charity, Marie Curie, has launched its Design to Care Programme in a bid to create a flexible end of life service that can be rolled out across the UK. The five year,...
CQC finds improvements in Cumbria’s community health services

CQC finds improvements in Cumbria’s community health services

Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission have found improvements in community health services for children, young people and families provided by Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The...
Best and worst areas for care home quality in England revealed

Best and worst areas for care home quality in England revealed

A stark variation in the quality of care homes at a regional and local authority level across England has been highlighted by new research from charity Independent Age.  New analysis has...
One in ten councils have cut adult social care spending by more than a quarter, says IFS

One in ten councils have cut adult social care spending by more than a quarter, says IFS

Across England as a whole, spending by councils on social care per adult resident fell by 11% in real-terms between 2009–10 and 2015–16, a study from the Institute of Fiscal Studies has...
New CQC objectives to target inequality in health and social care

New CQC objectives to target inequality in health and social care

The Care Quality Commission have today published new equality objectives in a bid to improve access to good quality health and social care services across the UK. The CQC have said that in spite...
Council tax rises will not fix local government funding crisis, says LGA

Council tax rises will not fix local government funding crisis, says LGA

Council tax rises in 2017/18 will not bring in enough money to prevent the need for further deep cuts to local services next year, the Local Government Association has today warned. Analysis from...
Marie Curie launches end of life resource to help frontline professionals

Marie Curie launches end of life resource to help frontline professionals

Marie Curie has launched a free online resource for health and social care professionals who don’t have expertise in palliative and end of life care. The charity has released the end of life...
Times running out to save social care system, says Age UK

Times running out to save social care system, says Age UK

A new report from Age UK has concluded that the UK is ‘living on borrowed time’ in saving the social care system from complete collapse. The report, ‘The Health and Care of...
Over half of British adults believe abuse and neglect common in care homes

Over half of British adults believe abuse and neglect common in care homes

53% of British adults believe abuse and neglect in care homes is commonplace in care homes according to a survey from charity Independent Age. Those surveyed cited personal experience as the reason...

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