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• 'The right care at the right time': the team helping patients leave hospital

  09-07-2018 10:16
  Health staff are working with colleagues in social care and the voluntary sector to tackle the problem of delayed discharges“From the minute a patient comes through the door – be that via A&E or one of our admission wards – we’re starting to think about how we can get [them] home,” says Rachel Blackmore, an operational manager at University hospital of North Tees in the north-east of England. Related: Yes, let’s celebrate the NHS at 70. But it isn’t
  
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• Quantum Care puts on a magical afternoon for their residents

  09-07-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Quantum Care, a not-for-profit provider of specialist residential, dementia, and respite care, spread a little bit of magic on Tuesday by granting the wishes of over 100 residents, in one fun-filled, dream-making afternoon.
   
  With over 200 residents brought together in the beautiful Spotlight theatre in Hoddesdon, and special guests including local county councillor, Cllr Tina Howard, residents were treated to a spectacular afternoon of entertainment and w
  
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• CMG boosts budding entrepreneurs with a ‘Dragon’s Den’s style event

  09-07-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  CMG, the leading provider of residential care and supported living has hosted an innovative ‘Dragon’s Den’ style event, to encourage and support service users to pursue their entrepreneurial ambitions and enter the world of work.
  The entrepreneurial event called on all service users across CMG with a passion for business to step forward and present their business ideas to a special panel. The judges were made up of CMG’s Chief Executive, Peter Kinsey, Clinical Director, M
  
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• Maria Mallaband Care Group host their 4th Annual Care Awards

  09-07-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  National care home operator, Maria Mallaband Care Group and Countrywide Care Homes held their 4th annual awards on Thursday 21st June 2018. The awards were created to acknowledge the efforts of staff and the impact they have on the lives of residents and their families. Residents, colleagues, relatives and visitors placed a staggering amount of votes across fourteen categories.
  Finalists were invited to a Stars of Holywood themed gala evening which took place at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, enj
  
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• Care needs will continue to increase and deepen the crisis in adult social care

  09-07-2018 06:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Responding to a report by Age UK on a rise in unmet care needs and the costs to the NHS of delayed discharges due to a lack of social care, Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, said:
  “People’s unmet care needs will continue to increase and deepen the crisis in adult social care unless the sector receives a long-term funding settlement, like the NHS, and further funding is made available for council’s public health a
  
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• Delayed transfer due to lack of social care is costing the NHS £550 per minute

  09-07-2018 05:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  New analysis by Age UK highlights the enormous cost to the NHS of delayed discharges due to a lack of social care, and how more older people than ever are missing out on the vital care and support they need.
   
  The numbers of older people in England who struggle without the help they depend on to carry out essential everyday tasks (ADLs), such as getting out of bed, going to the toilet, washing and getting dressed, have increased to a new high of 1.4 million, meaning nearly one in seven olde
  
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• HCPC to seek new Chair of Council

  09-07-2018 02:00
  HCPC to seek new Chair of Council
  
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• A million older people 'badly let down' by lack of social care funding

  09-07-2018 01:01
  Analysis by AgeUK finds one in seven older people in England left to get by on their ownThe number of older people in England without social care support has hit a record high, with one in seven now being left to get by on their own, figures reveal.A record total of 1.4 million people over 65 now have some level of unmet need with tasks such as getting up, washed and dressed, according to an analysis of official statistics by AgeUK. Related: Tory councils join demand for tax increases to fund so
  
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