MAINTAIN CONTROL AND INDEPENDENCE WITH PERSONAL CARE
Personal care plans could help elderly and/or disabled people return to, orstay in their own…
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CLEANING UP…
Cleanliness issues for millions of older people- and their carers- could be enhanced, by simply…
Social Care Sector Nurse Recruitment and Retention – Where are we in 2016?
The frustrating thing about the shortage of nurses in the social care sector is that…
More obese people in the world than underweight, says study
There are now more adults in the world classified as obese than underweight, a major…
It’s all about CQC
“The (Care Quality) Commission has made substantial progress in the face of sustained criticism, and…
Cancer patients could see if chemotherapy is working in real-time
Cancer patients could find out if chemotherapy is working just eight hours after their…
Critically ill patients disturbed every six minutes at night in noisy hospital wards
Noisy hospital wards are preventing recovery with the very sickest patients disturbed every six minutes…
Around the clock care for dying ‘not good enough’
A national review of end-of-life care has found most hospitals are failing to provide face-to-face palliative…
DON’T BE “OUT ON A LIMB” WITH PERSONAL CARE
As the UK sees the number of people undergoing an amputation reach record levels, a…
Problem of overweight NHS staff is now ‘as bad as smoking’
Staff say they are forced to skip meals and snack on junk food because they…
Would YOU know you were having a heart attack? Warning signs can vary wildly between men and women
Both men and women can suffer the well-known tightness in the chest But sleep deprivation…
Providers warn efficiency savings in 2016-17 tariff carry ‘significant risk’
Tariff changes for the NHS in 2016-17 have been cautiously welcomed by NHS Providers, but…
Funding for mental health social worker fast-track scheme
The Department of Health is giving £10m to a fast-track scheme training graduates to become…
LGA: Living wage ‘could put care services at breaking point’
Care services for the elderly and disabled could hit “breaking point” when the new National…
A&E strike should be suspended, say medical leaders
Medical leaders say the planned all-out strike by junior doctors in England at the end…