Care News
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COVID has huge effect on NHS staff in Essex
One ward at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow reported having just 43 per cent of the planned number of staff working due to staff shortages
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A Plymouth restaurant treats carers
Bistrot Pierre in the Royal William yard catered for 30 carers identified by Age UK Plymouth and treated them to a slap-up three course meal.
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10% in Barrow are unpaid carers
Government figures showed 9000 people in south Lakeland were caring for others
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NHS website top of the hits
No surprise at number one was symptoms of Covid, given the pandemic and its into the top 3 for high blood pressure
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Care charity boss takes thousand-mile challenge for veterans
Tim Tyler’s cross-trainer exercise is set to pass 1,100 miles, despite other commitments including recovery from Covid getting in the way
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Extra funding for children’s social care in England
The programmes should give better early support for children, and above-inflation increases in foster carers’ allowances
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On-line system personalises NHS cancer care options
The NHS says patients in the east of England can use the recently developed service called “Knowing your options”
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Woman whose heart stopped for 28 minutes meets her life-savers
The 59-year-old received more than half an hour of CPR from three qualified paramedics and a trainee at London Ambulance Service
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Transgender woman dies after three years on waiting list
Alice Litman, from Brighton, took her own life last May as she waited on a list with more than 11,000 people to discuss her transition
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Two new children's homes for Bristol
The homes will give care for teenage boys with criminal records and children with challenging mental health problems
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NHS staff facing Covid paycut
Thousands of NHS staff across the UK are facing pay cuts because of a change in Covid sickness policy
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Safety sensor to prevent falls
Sensio AS has joined the Innovation Pop-Up at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to launch its RoomMate safety sensor in the UK.
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Volunteers in Cambridgshire trained to spot suicide signs
The STOP Suicide campaign was introduced because 70 per cent of people who die by suicide have not contacted health services
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Epilepsy charity in Scotland launched survey
People living with epilepsy are more likely to experience mental health issues and become socially isolated
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Mental Health services in Bath not meeting peoples needs
A report looked at services during the pandemic and found that people praised voluntary organisations but had more negative experiences with health and care services
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Number of adults unable to work up 20% since pandemic
Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has promised a “fundamental programme of reforms” to get millions of people back to work
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Somerset hospitals offering halfway house units between inpatient and home care
'Ready to go' units have been created to help get patients off inpatient wards and ready to care for themselves at home
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Welsh ambulance delays in handing over patients in December
Increased pressures on A&E and a lack of in-patient beds mean that often patients arriving at hospital by ambulance have to wait; sometimes for over four hours
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Improvements to NHS 111 service
There'll be support from paediatric clinicians, and from mental health specialists who can help them manage illness at home or decide the best route for your care
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4/10 NHS docs and dentists considering leaving within 5 years
The survey was conducted by the Medical Defence Union, which provides legal support to about two hundred thousand doctors and other healthcare workers in the UK
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Health chiefs warn government that “Hospital at home” beds can’t work until NHS pressures are fixed
Saffron Cordery, interim chief executive at NHS Providers, cautions that more must happen to tackle vast workforce shortages, staff exhaustion and burnout
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New study finds carers in lockdown were “exhausted” and “burdened”.
The report comes from researchers in the University of Liverpool, who corroborated reports that carers experienced poorer mental health and higher levels of fatigue than non-carers
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Coroner's unusual warning to heath minister
The rare direct notice followed an inquest into the death of a woman aged 61, who lost her life through heart failure after a four-hour wait in an ambulance
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Could “virtual wards” save lives in and out of hospitals?
Managers and tech group West Midlands 5G are planning a conference on latest developments next month
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Foundation calls for higher pay and payment for travel time
The Resolution Foundation is highlighting the difference between the hourly rate of pay for domiciliary care workers and their actual pay when travel between jobs is factored in
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Young Carers in Northern Ireland need more support from schools
In the report, by the charity Action For Children, less than half of the children surveyed said their school was aware of their caring role
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Adult Social Care survey underway
NHS Digital say the results will help the adult social care sector understand more about how services are affecting peoples’ lives
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Carers Leave Bill reaches next stage
The bill could see millions of unpaid carers get better support for looking after older, disabled or seriously ill relatives
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Blackpool hospice celebrates New Year with tree fund!
116 volunteers collected 2,100 Christmas Trees which has generated £27,000 for the service
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Cancer trials funded in Newcastle
Pioneering work to help find cures for as-yet untreatable cancers is getting £2.7million pounds
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Housebuilder donation to local children's hospices
The money will go towards Little Bridge house at Barnstaple, Little Harbour in St Austell and Carlton Farm near Bristol
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Ipswich hospital Chief Exec gaffe
He told the trust board meeting that the food’s rubbish and we don’t let you sleep