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• How fast can acute stroke treatment become to still be reliable?

  13-07-2018 15:35
  Every day roughly three new stroke suspects are rushed by ambulance to Helsinki University Hospital Emergency Department to be considered for urgent clot-busting thrombolytic therapy or thrombectomy to prevent permanent stroke caused by acute cerebral ischemia. But perilously, out of one hundred such 'thrombolysis candidates' only half is actually caused by this condition and the rest have other kinds of diagnoses. Despite the tremendous time-pressure, the rapid diagnoses need to be accurate.
  
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• Appeal court rules that flat-rate payments for sleep-in shifts are fair

  13-07-2018 14:58
  Decision overturns ruling that carers should be paid national minimum wage for shiftsThe court of appeal has overturned a ruling on payments for carers who carry out “sleep-in” shifts for clients with learning disabilities, potentially averting a crisis that employers claim would have jeopardised the care of vulnerable people.A court ruled last year that care workers should be paid the national minimum wage (NMW) for every hour of a sleep-in shift – rather than a flat sum &ndas
  
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• Appeal court rules flat rate for sleep-in carer shifts is fair

  13-07-2018 14:58
  Decision overturns ruling that carers should be paid national minimum wage for shiftsThe court of appeal has overturned a ruling on payments for carers who carry out “sleep-in” shifts for clients with learning disabilities, potentially averting a crisis that employers claim would have jeopardised the care of vulnerable people.A court ruled last year that care workers should be paid the national minimum wage (NMW) for every hour of a sleep-in shift, rather than a flat rate – in
  
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• Appeal court rules flat rate for sleep-in care workers is fair

  13-07-2018 14:58
  Decision overturns ruling that care workers should be paid minimum wage for shiftsThe court of appeal has overturned a ruling on payments for care workers who carry out “sleep-in” shifts for clients with learning disabilities, potentially averting a crisis that employers claim would have jeopardised the care of vulnerable people.A court ruled last year that care workers should be paid the national minimum wage (NMW) for every hour of a sleep-in shift, rather than a flat rate –
  
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• Court has ruled in favour of Mencap in the case over sleep-in back pay

  13-07-2018 13:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  Today, 13th July, the court has ruled in favour of Mencap in the case over sleep-in back pay. This overturns an employment tribunal which ruled that workers were entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for every hour of a sleep-in shift.
   
  Reacting to the decision, the #SolveSleepIns Alliance, a coalition formed to deal with the sleep-in crisis which represents providers for people with learning disabilities in the UK, is calling on the Government to legislate for all care workers to be
  
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• Care industry ball looks to raise £100,000 for charity

  13-07-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Chair of Hallmark Care Homes and Care England Avnish Goyal
  Hallmark Care Homes in association with Care England will attempt to raise £100,000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK and The Care Workers Charity at a glittering fundraising event in Mayfair. 
  Over 250 people are invited to attend the Care Sector Fundraising Ball at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Saturday 29th September.
   
  The special event organised by Hallmark Care Homes’ Chair and Chair of Care England Avnish Goya
  
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• Home Instead care staff go that extra mile for local war hero

  13-07-2018 09:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Dave Pearce, John Seal and Sharon Gregory from Home Instead Senior Care
  Two CAREGivers from Home Instead Senior Care in Chichester, Sharon Gregory and Dave Pearce, have gone above and beyond their call of duty in support of their lovely client, John Seal.98-year-old John, a local war hero, had his 5 Second World War medals stolen in a burglary at his home over the weekend. 
  The medals were an African star, Italy Star, two end of World War Two medals and a Battle of Britain medal. 
  Shar
  
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• Director of Supporter Engagement appointed by The Royal Star & Garter Homes

  13-07-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Caley Eldred has been appointed as the new Director of Supporter Engagement heading up the Fundraising & Marketing Team at The Royal Star & Garter Homes. She joins the Charity, which provides specialist care for veterans and their partners who live with disability or dementia, in state-of-the-art care homes, on 9 July.
   
  Previously the Director of Development at the youth charity City Year UK, Caley has held director level roles at both the food-waste charity FareShare and spec
  
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