Care Radio News
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Archbishop calls for society wide shift in support for unpaid carersThe Archbishop was responding during Carers Week to the report‘No Choice but to Care’
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Adult social care workers urged to share Covid storiesThis will help the inquiry to identify areas for improvement when it begins the public hearings on the care sector in the summer of 2025
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Young Carers missing out on carer's allowanceCarers Trust estimates nearly 20,000 young adult carers are being forced to choose between education and financial support
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20% increase in those at risk from type 2 diabetesThe NHS is investing in a number of initiatives including the Diabetes Prevention Programme which has helped thousands of people stave off a type 2 diagnosis
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Black and ethnic minority people are underrepresented in virtual patient cohorts.Targeted research needed to understand the barriers to access.
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NHS dental treatment has still not returned to pre-pandemic levelsThe British Dental Association (BDA) has said the next government need to take on board the huge knock-on effects the crisis in dentistry is having across the health service.
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London councils object to relocation of specialist cancer serviceRichmond Council has voted to request a review by NHS England
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West Lothian Council workers could trigger a summer of strike actionGMB Scotland said its members were being balloted on industrial action - with the first possible strike day falling on July 3.
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Care UK in Portsmouth to remember the hundreds of thousands of those who took part in D-DayAlong with the three forces’ charities and the Merchant Navy Association, more than 100 care homes will take part in the nationwide tribute.
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NHS and social care leaders could save £1 billion annually by adopting an AI-led home healthcare modelBy reducing hospitalisations for older adults by 52-70%, this approach frees up over 1,210 hospital bed days monthly
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Number of people with pre diabetes has risen by 11% in Norther Ireland.
These new figures show nearly 200,000 people are living with, or at risk of diabetes.
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Software to reduce hospital waiting times will be rolled out across Scotland over the next yearThe national theatre scheduling tool improved operating room efficiency by up to 25%
Programmes coming up ..
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Matt Rosser7:00am - 10:00am
Matt says: "people who care for us - in hospitals, homes, wherever care is needed - are people we are lucky to have. If we didn’t acknowledge it before, we certainly do now and we mustn’t stop".
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Martin Emery10:00am - 1:00pm
Martin says: "when we think about it, we all probably know somebody - a friend, a colleague or family member - who provides care, either professionally or unpaid. Care Radio is for them."
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Ernie Rowe1:00pm - 4:00pm
Ernie says: "I’ve experienced first-hand the astonishing level of care given by so many remarkable people in our NHS, despite near-impossible circumstances and the lack of pop-star wages".
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Nick Meir4:00pm - 7:00pm
Nick says "Caring is so much more than delivering practical essentials. Just ‘being there’ provides a tonic of companionship which we all crave as human beings. And that is why Care Radio is so important. Knowing you can switch on and listen to a friendly voice at any time, day or night, really does make a difference to those involved in receiving or giving care"
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Channel Hopping with Al Dupres7:00pm - 8:00pm
TV Themes, songs, music from old adverts, and a lot more - a voyage of discovery, into the past.
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Dom Chambers' Life Stories8:00pm - 9:00pm
Dom says: "The wellbeing of people and supporting those with less opportunity are the key drivers for all my work. We live in times that elevate the necessity of this approach. Care Radio is born of these times".
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Peter Milburn's Sentimental Journey9:00pm - 11:00pm
For anyone who enjoys a trip down memory lane listening to everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to David Whitfield, Alma Cogan to Dickie Valentine, or Connie Francis to Tony Bennett.
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Late Night Love Songs11:00pm - 1:00am
Two hours of perfect late night music from across the years, helping you to unwind with some "me" time.
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Alex Cann1:00am - 4:00am
Alex says "I have huge admiration for the care sector, which dates back to my own stint in Sheffield Children's Hospital in 1991 having a leg lengthening operation. The nurses were just fantastic, and I feel this is my opportunity to give something back to a profession that has faced unprecedented challenges over the last few years."
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Today's Weather
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ScotlandHeavy Rain
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WalesLight rain shower
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South of EnglandSunny intervals
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Northern Ireland
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North of EnglandLight rain
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National & International News
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Wayne Rooney charged over dismissal in Blackburn clashPlymouth boss Wayne Rooney has been charged with three counts of misconduct following his dismissal in Saturday’s home Sky Bet Championship win against Blackburn.
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Murdered woman had reported violent crime to police weeks before deathA woman who was found dead in Belfast had reported to police in recent weeks that she had been the victim of a violent crime, the Police Ombudsman has said.
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Daniel Kaluuya says it means the world as Get Out statue unveiled in LondonBritish actor Daniel Kaluuya has said a statue memorialising his character in the film Get Out “means the world” to him and feels like a “blessing”.
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MI5 alive to risk Middle East tensions pose to terror threat in UK boss saysRussia is intent on causing “mayhem” on UK streets, and Iranian-backed plots posing “lethal threats” to British people are ramping up at an “unprecedented pace and scale”, the boss of MI5 warned.
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Godfather of AI who warned technology could end humanity wins Nobel prizeA British-Canadian computer scientist who warned that artificial intelligence (AI) could pose an existential threat to humanity has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Minister demands school transport safety assurances after bus crashNorthern Ireland’s Education Minister Paul Givan has said he wants assurances over the safety of children travelling to school using public transport in the region.
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Cleverly surges to first place in Tory leadership race as Tugendhat eliminatedJames Cleverly has surged into first place in the Conservative leadership contest while Tom Tugendhat has been eliminated in the third round of voting by MPs.
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Yellow weather warning for rain and thunderstorms issued for parts of EnglandA yellow weather warning for heavy showers and thunderstorms has been issued by the Met Office which advises that flooding and damage could be caused by storms.
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Starmer to meet allies in Berlin to discuss Ukraine and Middle East conflictsSir Keir Starmer will meet with the UK’s allies in Berlin, where they will discuss support for Ukraine’s war efforts against Russia, Downing Street has said.