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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...
Stroll down memory lane for Worsley’s elderly

Stroll down memory lane for Worsley’s elderly

Worsley care home residents have been researching their past as part of a Salford Museum reminiscence activity. Rations, the War and how life has changed were some of the topics being discussed...
County Armagh care home receives £450,000 funding injection

County Armagh care home receives £450,000 funding injection

A care home near Dungannon in Northern Ireland has received significant investment to upgrade and expand its facilities with the support of Ulster Bank.  As part of the refurbishment...
Ethel celebrates 100th birthday at Ingleby Care Home

Ethel celebrates 100th birthday at Ingleby Care Home

An Ingelby Barwick resident has celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by her friends and family. Ethel Almond, a resident at Ingleby Care Home, was joined by family, friends, staff and pupils...
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...
Construction begins in Morpeth on 55-apartment retirement home

Construction begins in Morpeth on 55-apartment retirement home

Work has started on site for the construction of William Turner Court in Morpeth, a 55 apartment Retirement Living development for McCarthy and Stone, designed by Box Architects.  The...
Seafarers’ Nursing Home staff experience life at sea to provide better resident care

Seafarers’ Nursing Home staff experience life at sea to provide better resident care

Belvedere House, of the Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, has launched a new training scheme to help staff better understand the life experiences of their residents who have lived and worked at...
Women are under-represented on NHS boards, says NHS Confederation

Women are under-represented on NHS boards, says NHS Confederation

The NHS Confederation report, Women on NHS Boards: 50:50 by 2020, is the first in-depth look at data relating to female representation on NHS boards.   It shows there are still gaps to be...
Scottish student carers urge decision makers to improve support for carers in education

Scottish student carers urge decision makers to improve support for carers in education

Scottish student carers who provide unpaid care while studying called on decision makers to ensure student carers have a fairer chance to succeed in their education and have access to relevant...

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