Dedicated staff working in the care sector in Lincolnshire were celebrated at the annual Lincolnshire Care Awards (Thursday 21st March). The awards, which were organised... Awards Success for Lincolnshire Carers appeared first on The Carer.

General practice nurses (GPNs) are being urged to do more to ensure that the 1.74 million armed forces veterans living in England are receiving the physical and mental health care that they need. Nurses in primary care settings key to improving veterans’ care appeared first on Nursing Times.

The National Care Forum (NCF) has published a report resulting from the Social Care International Workforce Summit held as part of the Global Ageing Conference last year.... NCF Launches Global Workforce Report appeared first on The Carer.

Families and loved ones of those living with dementia will have the chance to get expert advice as part of a series of workshops being... Shropshire Care Home Offers Free Workshop On Caring For Loved Ones With Dementia appeared first on The Carer.

Avice, a resident at Barchester’s Hickathrift House Care Home, has been knitting teddy bears for children at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for over a decade.... Hickathrift House Care Home Makes Resident’s Dream Come True appeared first on The Carer.

New findings from the British Social Attitudes survey, published by the Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund, show that public satisfaction with social care services... British Social Attitudes Survey: Public Satisfaction With Social Care Hits New Low appeared first on The Carer.

Teams from care homes across Dorset and their dogs took part in a charity obstacle course in Poole in aid of a good cause. Residents,... Care Home Teams and Their Dogs Get Muddy at Charity Obstacle Course appeared first on The Carer.

This article introduces a framework to support the integration and understanding of the role across care environments. Monitor, contribute, inform: a process to guide nursing associates appeared first on Nursing Times.

Wes Streeting discusses the importance of district nursing to Labour’s plans for the future of the NHS and reflects on several shifts he has done shadowing district nurses. ‘We will train thousands more district nurses’ appeared first on Nursing Times.

Understand why vitamin D is called the ‘sunshine vitamin’, its role in bone health and immunity and the effects of vitamin D deficiency and overdose. Vitamin D: the ‘sunshine vitamin’, its role and the effects of deficiency appeared first on Nursing Times.

Northumbria University’s department of nursing and midwifery is partnering with a local school to offer a T-level course for young people interested in a career in healthcare. University teams up with school to launch healthcare course appeared first on Nursing Times.

Dr Nichola Ashby, from the Royal College of Nursing, on what nurses can do better to protect themselves and their patients from TB. ‘TB is no longer a Victorian disease – it changed my career’  appeared first on Nursing Times.