Priory responds to Department of Health and Social Care announcement on domestic social care workforce Government plans are a step in the right direction in how we think about social care as a career says Priory Chief Executive, Rebekah Cresswell, reflecting on this week’s set of announcements. In response to the announcement, Rebekah Cresswell, Chief […]
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To mark this year’s Carers’ Rights Day (Thursday 23rd November 2023), Later Living Marketplace Lottie are launching their annual Night’s On Lottie Pledge – a not-for-profit initiative that offers care workers and caregivers a break from their caring responsibilities. This year’s Christmas Giveaway offers carers the chance to win exciting prizes worth up to £250 […]
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Northumbria University researchers are celebrating a key milestone in the development and delivery of an innovative new programme designed to improve care for older people. Northumbria University developed the Enhanced Care for Older People (EnCOP) programme in partnership with the North East and North Cumbria (NENC) Ageing Well Network, to understand the workforce development needs […]
Charity is on verge of losing significant proportion of staff and faces closing one of their centres due to ‘no jab, no job’ compulsory vaccination law. Specialist respite breaks providers Revitalise are pleading for Government to rethink a law making it compulsory for all care home staff to get the COVID-19 vaccination, which they say […]
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“COVID emergency means the UK Government must no longer delay its promise of fixing social care”: The social care system must be drastically overhauled, and the Government urgently needs to deliver on its manifesto commitment to fix the failing social care sector. Launching its new report, Let’s do this: The promise of fixing social care, the Health […]
With more than 1 in 20 care home residents having died from coronavirus, the need to fix the crisis in social care for the elderly is more acute than ever. New analysis from the Centre for Policy Studies compares the leading models for social care reform. It finds that the system proposed by the Dilnot […]
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‘Camouflaged’ app wins competition to help victims of domestic abuse. It’s the problem-solving computer coding equivalent of the 100m sprint – otherwise known as a ‘hackathon’ – and the University of Bradford has just come first in one such competition judged by industry leaders including UKBlackTech Ltd, Microsoft and PwC. The UKBlackTech AI for Good […]
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The Royal College of Occupational therapists (RCOT) has launched a new guide, ‘Adaptations without delay’ which will help speed up the process of delivering adaptations to people’s homes. Adaptations play a crucial role in prevention and improving health and wellbeing for older and disabled adults and children and in consequence the sooner they are installed […]
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Official video for Streets Of London, performed by Ralph McTell featuring the Crisis Choir and guest vocalist Annie Lennox. Buy the single here from […]