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• Non-opioid drug relieves pain in mice, targets immune cells

  05-07-2018 20:39
  Researchers have found that inhibiting a receptor on immune cells called macrophages may help relieve pain in some patients, particularly those with chronic neuropathic pain, such as those with conditions such as diabetic neuropathy.
  
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• When is a catastrophe also a distraction? When it’s Brexit | Frances Ryan

  05-07-2018 17:33
  The disaster unfolds. Meanwhile the Tories continue to gut what remains of the state, from child protection to social careIn a cruel (but nevertheless accurate) analogy, Brexit is sometimes referred to as the political equivalent of setting your own house on fire. While David Cameron’s gamble lit the match, Theresa May and her ministers have fanned the flames, lurching between the growing risk of a no-deal Brexit and warnings that even an optimistic deal will probably put at risk
  
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• Enter the 2018 Guardian Public Service Awards now

  05-07-2018 12:03
  With the deadline just a week away, do not delay. Enter your outstanding public project, team, leader or colleague How to enterCategories and criteriaKey dates and frequently asked questions Entries are coming in for this year’s Guardian Public Service Awards. With a week to go to the deadline on 13 July, make sure your team or project doesn’t miss out. Enter now to compete for a place on the prestigious shortlist and a chance of being one of this year’s winners.Related: Guardi
  
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• Christchurch Group wins high profile Health Investor award – for Complex Care Provider of the Year

  05-07-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Neurological rehabilitation specialists Christchurch Group have been named Complex Care Provider of the Year at the high-profile Health Investor Awards.
  The awards highlight excellence in independent healthcare across the UK. Christchurch Group won the award after demonstrating ‘excellence within care that is focused on patients with multiple needs that are interconnected or who have profound, severe or intense needs.’
  Held at London’s Grosvenor House and hosted this year by Ro
  
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• Property specialist HPC announces the sale of York Nursing Home

  05-07-2018 09:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  National healthcare property specialist HPC has announced the sale of Somerset Nursing Home near York.
  The 43 bed home had operated as part of the regional group Roche Healthcare, and has been acquired by national provider Country Court Care Group. Somerset Nursing Home is located in the village of Wheldrake on the edge of York and is a predominantly purpose built home, developed around a substantial Victorian residence. Sold together with an adjacent house, the home is set within grounds which
  
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• Wilmslow care provider hosts cupcake stall for dementia charity

  05-07-2018 09:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Cupcake Day is an annual event in support of the UK’s leading dementia charity, Alzheimer’s Society, with communities across the country baking and selling cupcakes to raise as much ‘dough’ as possible. All funds raised go to helping fight dementia and last year over £1 million was raised nationally.
   
  The team at local care provider, Carefound Home Care, took the time to bake a range of tasty treats before hosting a cupcake stall in Wilmslow. The day was a hug
  
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• Don’t let the Brexit blaze distract us from the social care inferno | Frances Ryan

  05-07-2018 09:00
  While Theresa May’s EU travails hog the headlines, local authorities continue to be guttedIn a cruel (but nevertheless accurate) analogy, Brexit is sometimes referred to as the political equivalent of setting your own house on fire. While David Cameron’s gamble lit the match, Theresa May and her ministers have fanned the flames, lurching between the growing risk of a no-deal Brexit and warnings that even an optimistic deal will likely risk the NHS, trillions of pounds of lost contrac
  
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• Torbay Care Charter aims to improve lives of care home residents

  05-07-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A creative project that was launched by Torbay Culture and Torbay Council to find out what ‘good care’ looks like has resulted in a Care Charter and interactive toolkit that all care homes across Torbay will be encouraged to sign up to and use.The project was launched in November 2017 by Torbay Culture and Torbay Council who commissioned Devon based arts organisation Encounters to run creative consultations with residents and staff of care homes in order to develop a set of expectati
  
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