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• The NHS desperately needs a robust workforce strategy. Can it deliver one? | Richard Vize

  21-09-2018 10:17
  It will need to tackle every part of the health system, as well as reimagine roles and challenge old ways of workingAs the NHS leadership develops its 10-year plan, the service is trapped in a vice of eroding performance and rising vacancies.The latest quarterly performance statistics from NHS Improvement revealed that, up to the end of June, delivery in five key maximum waiting time targets – four hours in A&E; an 18-week referral-to-treatment time; six weeks for diagnostic tests; 62-
  
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• Hawaiian-themed carnival comes to Aldringham care home

  21-09-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents and staff at Aldringham Court care home in Aldringham have had all the fun of the carnival at a recent carnival-themed day.
   
  At the end of August, staff adorned the home in bright decorations for a full day of themed activities.  In the morning a Hawaiian-themed quiz was held followed by a special lunch.  In the afternoon residents enjoyed a performance from the Ipswich Youth Steel Band, when everyone wore floral garlands and floral bracelets made by relatives.
   
  
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• Government’s green paper must establish a sustainable solution to provide quality social care

  21-09-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Responding to the latest monthly Delayed Transfer of Care figures published by NHS England, which show that delays attributable to social care increased by six per cent, Glen Garrod, President of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, said:
  “These latest figures show that our dedicated social care workforce has faced significant pressures as a result of the summer heatwave as well as winter pressures as they strive to deliver the care that not only reduces demand on the hea
  
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• Care home staff from Barchester raise hundreds for charitable organisation

  21-09-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Staff from various Barchester Healthcare care homes throughout the UK put the ‘fun’ into ‘fundraising’ by participating in the Great North Run, the annual half marathon between Newcastle and South Shields on 9th September. The team of five managed to raise £700 for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation.
  Alastair Kirk, Ruth Langslands, Fiona Dundas, Adam Moore and Jack Titterton all completed the 13.1M run, with Jack racing ahead, closely followed by Adam and then
  
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