A Burnley home arranged a Hawaiian themed summer fete and raised more than £550. MHA Heather Grange opened its doors to the community and converted... Burnley Home Raises More Than £550 With Hawaiian Themed Summer Fete appeared first on The Carer.

The NHS and Asda are teaming up to provide vital advice on millions of toothpaste tubes and mouthwash bottles encouraging people to contact their GP or dentist if they notice any potential symptoms of mouth cancer. From this month, Asda’s own brand of oral hygiene products will now feature NHS advice in over 500 Asda […]

The conclusion can only be that not much has changed for HCAs and their social care counterparts in the more than 10 years since the Cavendish review. ‘It is clear that support workers need more support themselves’ appeared first on Nursing Times.

Agnes Musikavanhu has returned to Morriston Hospital to celebrate her 80th birthday, more than 60 years after she first went there to begin her nurse training, having arrived in the UK from Africa. Trailblazing nurse spends 80th birthday at UK hospital where she trained appeared first on Nursing Times.

A consultation on safe and effective staffing for nurses and other healthcare staff has been launched for Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland consultation on safer nurse staffing opens appeared first on Nursing Times.

The UK Government has admitted that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is “not fit for purpose”, https://thecareruk.com/cqc-not-fit-for-purpose-says-health-secretary/ with the release today of an interim report... Sector Reacts to CQC’s Damning Report appeared first on The Carer.

Student nurses in Scotland are using food banks and barely scraping by, due to a lack of pay on placements and restrictions on paid part-time work, Nursing Times has been told.  Student nurses ‘in poverty’ and turning to food banks appeared first on Nursing Times.

The proposed changes to the national NHS job profiles for nurses “do not go far enough” to recognise the skills and expertise of staff, the Royal College of Nursing has warned. RCN renews calls for nurses to become band 6 after preceptorship appeared first on Nursing Times.

A lack of clinical expertise among inspectors is one of the reasons why the Care Quality Commission is failing, an independent review has warned. CQC under scrutiny as regulator ‘not fit for purpose’ appeared first on Nursing Times.

A care home in Camberley celebrated Charity Month in July by hosting a charity car wash for Parkinson’s UK. Camberley Manor care home hosted a... Scrub Squad At Camberley Manor! appeared first on The Carer.

All local authorities are struggling with under-funding, but there are big differences in the rates of requests for care being accepted both between regions and... Postcode Lottery For Care Facing The Public Today Analysis Reveals appeared first on The Carer.

Bringing fantasy and adventure to their care home, staff at RMBI Care Co. Home Prince Edward Duke of Kent Court, in Braintree, Essex, have created... Braintree Care Home Staff Create Magical Wonderland For Residents appeared first on The Carer.