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Police notified after care home resident’s ‘toxic and fatal’ medication overdose

A coroner's report described Shahida Khan's death as 'unexplained', saying only trained staff were permitted ...
2 months
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MPs and peers call for government action on continence services

MPs and peers have joined forces to call on the government to take action on ...
6 months
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Over 3,400 care homes receive spring Covid jabs

Over 3,400 care homes have received spring Covid vaccinations in the first week of the ...
6 months
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Vivant partners with medical treatment provider Annomo Health

High end home care services provider Vivant has formed a strategic partnership with medical treatment ...
6 months
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Caring Homes Group joins VIVALDI Social Care Study

Caring Homes Group has joined a national project designed to measure levels of common infections ...
6 months
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Spring Covid-19 vaccinations rolled out to care homes

Residents at care homes for older adults will begin receiving spring Covid-19 vaccinations on Monday.
6 months
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Routine Covid testing of hospital discharges to care homes to end in April

The routine Covid testing of hospital patients discharged to care homes is to end on ...
7 months
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UK Covid-19 Inquiry looks at impact on social care

Hearings begin on the impact of the pandemic on adult social care at the UK ...
7 months
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Billion pound cost of ambulance falls call-outs revealed

Almost £1 billion has been spent on ambulance calls for falls over the past four ...
7 months
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Research analyses Covid impact on care homes

New research by the University of Glasgow in partnership the Advanced Care Research Centre, University ...
8 months
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Care home urged to review burns procedures after resident death

A care home has been urged to review its procedures after a resident died partly ...
8 months
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Project targets inappropriate medication use in care homes

HC-One Scotland and the Care Inspectorate have completed a project to reduce the use of ...
8 months
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Spring Covid jabs advised for care home residents

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended care home residents for older ...
8 months
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Care providers offer to help ease winter pressure on hospitals

Social care providers have offered to meet with health trust chiefs to see if they ...
8 months
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NHS and care homes initiative sees reduction in ambulance call-outs

A new initiative between Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and care homes has seen a significant ...
9 months
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Care home drone deliveries to be scaled up

A Northeast NHS Trust is scaling up a programme using drones to deliver medical supplies ...
10 months
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Colten Care nurses hold clinical excellence team conference

Around 70 Colten Care nurses, with a combined 1,206 years of experience, came together for ...
11 months
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Dementia diagnosis reaches three-year high after NHS teams sent into care homes

NHS dementia diagnosis has reached a three-year high after health professionals were set into care ...
11 months
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Coroner finds care home took two days to make 999 call

A coroner’s investigation has found a care home took two days to call emergency services ...
11 months
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Scabies outbreak in care homes ‘under control’ says councillor

An outbreak of the skin condition, scabies, in care homes in Oldham is being brought ...
11 months
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Agincare helps tackle delayed hospital discharges with new nursing unit

A new Agincare nursing unit has made a major impact on delayed hospital discharges in ...
11 months
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Chief medical officer highlights timebomb of ageing demographic in rural and coastal areas

The increasing healthcare needs of elderly populations concentrated in coastal and rural areas has been ...
11 months
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Government figures reveal low care home staff take-up of Covid vaccination

Government figures have revealed just 4.2% of staff in older adult care homes have received ...
11 months
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Social care infection reduction project secures UKHSA funding

An industry leading social care research project designed to reduce infection and improve lives has ...
12 months
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Nursing home staff to be first to give Covid jabs to residents and colleagues

A UK first this autumn will see staff at four nursing homes in Barrow deliver ...
12 months
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HC-One launches nursing preceptorship programme

A nursing preceptorship programme to support newly qualified and registered nurses and increase recruitment and ...
1 year
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BREAKING NEWS: Name of new variant Covid outbreak care home revealed

Shipdham Manor in Thetford has been revealed as the care home where 28 cases of ...
1 year
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BREAKING NEWS: New Covid-19 variant found at Norfolk care home

The new BA.2.86 Covid variant has been found at a Norfolk care home where 28 ...
1 year
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BREAKING NEWS: Autumn vaccinations brought forward due to new Covid variant

Flu and Covid-19 vaccinations have been brought forward by a month in England as a ...
1 year
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Framework agreement to improve patient pathways from hospitals to care

A new framework agreement has been published to improve patient pathways from hospitals to an ...
1 year
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Chief nurse launches Hallmark care home nursing community

Chief nurse for adult social care, Deborah Sturdy, was the guest of honour at the ...
1 year
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NHS sets out plans to prepare for winter

The NHS is set to announce a number of measures to prepare for winter, including ...
1 year
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NHS consultant doctors launch industrial action

Major disruption is once again expected as NHS consultant doctors launch two-day strike action today.
1 year
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Clinical drug trials show significant slowing of Alzheimer’s

Clinical trials have revealed the Alzheimer’s drug donanemab slows the progression of the disease  by ...
1 year
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Dorset Council unveils plans for 80-bed reablement centre

Plans for an 80-bed reablement centre in Dorchester are to be considered for approval next ...
1 year
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Doctors’ strike continues despite NHS pay rise

A five-day strike by junior doctors is continuing today despite the government’s announcement of a ...
1 year
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Major disruption expected as junior doctors launch five-day strike

Tens of thousands of routine appointments and procedures will be postponed with emergency and urgent ...
1 year
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Rehabilitation care home service helps Cumbrian patients get home

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) celebrated the 75th patient to be supported ...
1 year
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Over 800 care homes sign up to programme to reduce common infections

Over 800 care homes have signed up to a research programme designed to reduce common ...
1 year
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Senior doctors vote for strike action in England

Senior doctors in England have overwhelmingly backed a two-day strike next month.
1 year
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BMA announces longest ever strike by junior doctors

The longest ever industrial action by junior doctors in the NHS has been announced by ...
1 year
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Junior doctors begin three-day walk-out in England

Major disruption is expected to routine and emergency care in hospitals as junior doctors begin ...
1 year
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Hull care home appoints senior clinical nursing lead

A residential care home in Hull has recruited a senior clinical nurse to lead its ...
1 year
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Guidance published to support delegation of healthcare activities to care workers

Guiding principles to support the delegation of healthcare activities to care workers have been published ...
1 year
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Nurse numbers reach record levels in the UK

The number of registered nurses, midwives and nursing associates grew by 30,351 to 788,638 in ...
1 year
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Edinburgh care home arranges twice weekly GP visits

Cramond Residence in Edinburgh is supporting the wellbeing of residents by organising twice weekly visits ...
1 year
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Government invites views on tackling major health conditions  

The government is inviting views from patients, carers and healthcare professionals on how to prevent, ...
1 year
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NHS pharmacy services provider to help care providers reduce medication errors

A digital NHS pharmacy has launched a new service to help care providers reduce medication ...
1 year
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WEBINAR: The Nurse Factor – Superstars of our Sector

The Outstanding Society is hosting a free virtual event to support care providers in hosting ...
1 year
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Care sector celebrates International Nurses Day

The care sector is celebrating the work of its nurses with interviews and a video ...
1 year
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BREAKING NEWS: Health unions agree 5% NHS pay rise

Health unions representing ambulance workers, nurses and midwives have backed a 5% offer pay rise ...
1 year
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GMB NHS staff vote to accept government pay offer

GMB members working in the NHS and ambulance service have voted to accept a pay ...
1 year
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BREAKING NEWS: Unite ambulance workers reject government pay offer

Unite ambulance workers are to go ahead with strike action on 2 May after members ...
1 year
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BREAKING NEWS: High Court rules RCN strike on 2 May illegal

The High Court has ruled that the last day of a three-day planned strike by ...
1 year
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Government confirms legal action over nurse strike

Health and social care secretary Steve Barclay has confirmed legal action by the government to ...
1 year
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Nurse union accuses government of ‘bullying’ after legal move to block strike

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has said it “will not be gagged” after the ...
1 year
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Unite announces further ambulance strikes

The Unite union has announced further NHS strike action by its ambulance members.
1 year
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Parliamentarians warn medical device supplies at risk

Over 40 MPs and peers have warned that rampant inflation and post-Brexit regulatory transition are ...
1 year
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BREAKING NEWS: RCN nurses announce 48-hour strike after rejecting NHS pay offer

Royal College of Nursing members are to stage a 48-hour from 30 April to 2 ...
1 year
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BREAKING NEWS: Ambulance and nurse union accepts NHS pay offer

UNISON health members representing ambulance crews and nursing staff have voted to accept an NHS ...
1 year
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Patients at risk as junior doctors begin four-day strike

Hospital chiefs have said they cannot guarantee patient safety as junior doctors today begin four-day ...
2 years
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Routine Covid-19 testing to end in care homes from April

Routine testing for Covid-19 is to be no longer be required in care homes from ...
2 years
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Exemplar Health Care begins construction of £5.8m care home

Specialist care provider, Exemplar Health Care, has begun construction of a £5.8 million care home ...
2 years
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NHS funded nursing care rate raised 5% for care homes

The rate paid to care homes for NHS funded nursing care (FNC) is to rise ...
2 years
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Ambulance and nurse unions begin vote on government pay offer

NHS ambulance staff, nurses and physiotherapists have begun voting on a government pay offer which ...
2 years
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Covid-19 spring booster programme underway in Scotland

Care home residents in Scotland have today begun to receive their spring Covid-19 boosters.
2 years
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Remote patient monitoring solutions made easier to procure for NHS and social care

A framework agreement has made it easier for Integrated Care Systems to procure remote patient ...
2 years
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Government and NHS unions announce pay deal

Over one million NHS staff in England will receive an additional pay rise as part ...
2 years
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Ambulance strikes suspended after talks agreement

Planned strike action by ambulance workers in England this week has been cancelled after the ...
2 years
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Junior doctors announce three-day strike in March

A three-day strike by junior doctors will take place on 13-15 March, the British Medical ...
2 years
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BREAKING NEWS: Nurses agree to pause strike action for intensive pay talks

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has paused strike action after agreeing to enter intensive ...
2 years
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Junior doctors to join NHS strike action in England

Junior doctors in England have overwhelmingly backed strike action following a ballot of British Medical ...
2 years
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Ambulance workers stage further strikes in England and Wales

Ambulance staff are staging further strike action today in England and Wales as part of ...
2 years
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New nurse strike action to include critical care

New strike action announced by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is to be the ...
2 years
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Care homes with pharmacies are safer, finds research

Care homes with onsite pharmacies are safer for residents, a study has shown. The Care ...
2 years
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Nurses stage second day of strike action

NHS nurses in England are today staging their second day of strike action as part ...
2 years
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Nurse and ambulance staff launch strike action in England

Nurse and ambulance staff have launched strike action today in England as part of an ...
2 years
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Investigation launched over ‘unsafe’ discharges to care home

A health board in South Wales has launched an investigation into allegations that safeguarding procedures ...
2 years
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UNISON announces new ambulance strike date

UNISON has announced a new ambulance strike date will take place on 10 February.
2 years
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EXCLUSIVE: Leader urges care homes to resist pressure to take Covid positive patients

Nadra Ahmed CBE, executive chairman of National Care Association and chairman of The Care Provider ...
2 years
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Covid-19 vaccinations should be more targeted on vulnerable groups, advisors say

Covid-19 vaccinations this year should be more targeted on vulnerable groups, according to government advisers.
2 years
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Barchester care home in Surrey opens new nursing wing

A new nursing wing has been opened at a Barchester Healthcare care home in Surrey.
2 years
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Ambulance staff strike again in England and Wales

Strike action by ambulance staff represented by three union has begun today again in England ...
2 years
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Unite announces 10 more strike dates as ambulance dispute escalates

Unite the union has announced 10 strike days by ambulance workers as the dispute with ...
2 years
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Ambulance staff announce more strike dates

Ambulance staff have followed nurses in announcing new strike dates over the coming weeks.
2 years
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Trusts fear today’s ambulance strike will have greater impact on services

NHS trusts fear that the effects of strike action by ambulance workers today will have ...
2 years
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Life-threatening responses only as ambulance strike begins

Only life-threatening situations such as cardiac arrest are being immediately responded to as ambulance crews ...
2 years
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NHS vaccination teams visit every care home in England before Christmas

NHS vaccination teams have visited every care home in England to offer Covid-19 boosters and ...
2 years
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Ambulance workers to join NHS industrial action this week

Ambulance workers in England and Wales are to join industrial action by NHS workers on ...
2 years
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Learning network to explore partnership working in integrated care systems

A new learning network has been launched on partnership working on integrated care systems.
2 years
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Hadrian Healthcare to close care home’s nursing unit

Hadrian Healthcare has said it is being forced to close a nursing home unit at ...
2 years
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New Care releases 21 private bedrooms at Greater Manchester care home

New Care has made 21 private bedrooms available at its Bramhall Manor care home in ...
2 years
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Care home Covid-19 boosters to continue during Queen’s funeral

Scheduled care home Covid-19 booster visits are to be carried out as planned on the ...
2 years
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BMA blasts ‘underfunded’ care home Covid-19 booster programme

An NHS England programme to accelerate the roll-out of Covid-19 boosters in care homes has ...
2 years
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GPs to be incentivised to deliver ‘accelerated’ care home jabs

GPs are to be incentivised to deliver “accelerated” Covid-19 boosters to care homes this autumn.
2 years
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Care home residents to be first for Covid-19 boosters in early September

Care home residents and people who are housebound will be the first to receive their ...
2 years
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Norovirus outbreaks increase in care homes

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is reminding the public of simple actions that they ...
3 years
Clinical

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