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• CMG’s Portsmouth supported living service celebrates ‘Outstanding’ CQC inspection

  28-04-2017 14:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Care Management Group (CMG) is celebrating after Chetwynd Road in Portsmouth has become the fourth service to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). 
  The new rating makes CMG the only major learning disability provider in England to have achieved this prestigious milestone. 
  CMG is a leading provider of residential care, supported living services and domiciliary care for people with learning disabilities. Chetwynd Road is the latest CMG servic
  
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• 91st celebrations for The Queen at Redditch care home

  28-04-2017 13:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Sanctuary Care home in Redditch got out the fine bone china and enjoyed cupcakes galore as they celebrated Her Majesty’s 91st birthday.
   
  On Friday 21 April – which was also National Tea Day 2017, residents and the team at Brambles Residential Care Home in Birchfield Road hosted a vintage high-tea party fit for The Queen.
   
  Bringing a slice of the London celebrations into the heart of Redditch, residents and their loved ones enjoyed an abundance of cream teas, cupcakes an
  
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• Adult social care services should be able to recruit and retain some of their workforce from the EU

  28-04-2017 12:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VODG welcomes Health Committee’s focus on securing the social care workforce post-Brexit 
  VODG welcomes the House of Commons report on Brexit and health and social care, especially its focus on the workforce. Around 90,000 people from EU countries work in adult social care. 
  Commenting on the launch of the Health Committee report Dr Rhidian Hughes, VODG chief executive, said: 
  “The numbers of people who require care and support are rising, alongside increased complexit
  
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• Glowing report for learning disability care home

  28-04-2017 12:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A KIDWELLY care home for adults with learning disabilities has been praised for the way staff care for residents.
  Dan Y Graig, which is home to eight adults up to the age of 64, was given a glowing report by the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) during a recent unannounced visit.
  Inspectors said residents at the home experienced ‘warmth and had positive relationships with staff’ and were treated with ‘dignity and respect’.  
  The report also highligh
  
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• Bluebird Care South Gloucestershire is supporting the Stroke Association’s Make May Purple campaign

  28-04-2017 11:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This May Bluebird Care South Gloucestershire is supporting the Stroke Association’s annual stroke awareness month, Make May Purple.
   
  The Stroke Association is the UK’s leading stroke charity who strongly believe strokes can and should be prevented, however this health challenge does not receive the attention or funding it requires. The organisation works directly with stroke survivors and their families, health and social care professionals and scientists and researchers.
   
  
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• The Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service is now operational

  28-04-2017 11:00
  
  The Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service is now operational
  
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• Belong Macclesfield takes a step in the right direction

  28-04-2017 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Residents, apartment tenants, relatives and staff members from specialist care village, Belong Macclesfield, joined forces with four other Belong villages across the North West, to take part in a six week ‘step challenge’, for which participants pledged to use stairs rather than the lift, in order to improve their strength, mobility and overall wellbeing. 
  Customers at each Belong village in Atherton, Crewe, Macclesfield, Wigan and Warrington, have been taking part in the challe
  
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• Leeds primary school has a flourishing relationships with local care home

  28-04-2017 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Resident Eamon McManon admiring his ‘David Hockney-style’ collage.
  A Leeds primary school has a flourishing relationships with Nesfield Lodge Care Home, as children join the home for a weekly HenPower session, working on hen-inspired activities with the home, its residents and their hens.
   
  The 44-bed home has a long-standing relationship with Sharp Lane Primary School, who have been visiting the residents and taking part in activities since 2015. The relationship was founded wi
  
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• Czajka Care Group serves up an ace sponsorship deal

  28-04-2017 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Luke Johnson and Konrad Czajka
  WEST Yorkshire based Czajka Care Group is sponsoring young tennis player Luke Johnson from Roundhay in Leeds as he embarks on a professional sporting career and pursues his dream of climbing to the top of world tennis.
  The 23 year old turned professional in October after returning from the US, where he’d spent four years obtaining a bachelor of science at Clemson University in South Carolina.  This also gave him the opportunity to hone his skills on the
  
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• Thousands of cancer patients denied wish to die at home

  28-04-2017 07:01 via theguardian.com
  
  For 38% of UK patients, life ends on a ward despite only 1% preferring that to staying at home, finds Macmillan charityTens of thousands of people with cancer are dying in hospital every year even though they would rather spend their final days at home or in a hospice.Although only 1% of cancer patients say they would prefer to die in hospital, 38% do, according to research by Macmillan Cancer Support, equating to 62,000 people a year across the UK.Related: End-of-life care in NHS still not good
  
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