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• Bolton care home acquired by new care operator

  09-10-2018 16:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  DC Care have announced the completion of the sale of The Bungalow, Bolton in Lancashire.
  DC Care were instructed by Graham and Margaret Lowe to market the home which was offered to the market at a guide price of £775,000 approaching a range of buyers, from those seeking their first acquisition, to more experienced operators seeking to expand their portfolio.
   
  The home has been acquired by first time buyer and property investor Michael Greer who commented:- “I have recently purc
  
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• Statins show little promise for conditions other than heart disease

  09-10-2018 16:25
  Medicines commonly prescribed to reduce people's risk of heart attack may have limited use for treating other diseases, research suggests.
  
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• Clare in the community: rota crash

  09-10-2018 16:00
  Clare gives the lowdown on who can break down Continue reading...
  
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• Beaming smiles as Olwyn takes to the skies!

  09-10-2018 15:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  99 year old Olwyn Hopkins with Davers Court lifestyle coordinate Katie Ramsbotham and pilot Liz Russell, ahead of her glider flight.
  The team at Davers Court care home in Suffolk really did reach for the skies to make the wish of one resident come true recently.
   
  Not content with organising an exhilarating sail in a two-person dinghy or a spin round the park in a rickshaw for other residents, the team members took things up a notch when they fulfilled the wish  made by 99-year-old Olw
  
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• Child mental health services will not meet demand, NAO warns

  09-10-2018 14:33
  Spending watchdog says even promised £1.4bn extra would leave ‘significant unmet need’Mental health services for children and young people will fall well short of meeting a growing demand for help, despite pledges by ministers to increase funding, a report by Whitehall’s spending watchdog has found.The National Audit Office said even if current plans to spend an extra £1.4bn on the sector were delivered, there would be “significant unmet need” because of
  
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• Hallmark Care Homes facility wins Knight Frank ‘Luxury Care Home’ award

  09-10-2018 12:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Head Judge Mike Parsons, Chair of Hallmark Care Homes Avnish Goyal, Managing Director at Hallmark Care Homes Ram Goyal and Director at Hallmark Care Homes Vidya Goyal
  Chamberlain Court, Hallmark Care Homes’ facility in Royal Tunbridge Wells, has scooped a prestigious design award.
  The residential, nursing and dementia care home, which opened its doors in July last year, won the ‘Luxury Care Home’ title at the esteemed Knight Frank Healthcare Property Dinner 2018.The awards, whi
  
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• ‘I had a moral duty’: whistleblowers on why they spoke up

  09-10-2018 12:00
  They took on warmongers, sexual abuse and tax dodgers. Would they do it again?In an age where information is tightly controlled by image-makers, spin doctors and gatekeepers, real scandal can often only be revealed with the help of whistleblowers.To mark the 25th anniversary of the whistleblowing charity Protect (formerly known as Public Concern at Work) – we focus on 12 people who have taken great personal risk to expose everything from warmongers to tax dodgers and sexual and physical ab
  
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• First resident moves into Scunthorpe Supported Living scheme

  09-10-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new supported living service run by Eden Futures in North Lincolnshire has welcomed its first resident last week.
   
  *Kelly moved into one of the eight specialist apartments that have been designed to provide a supported living service for people who require an alternative to residential care provision and with a learning disability or mental health need.
   
  The new service in Scunthorpe is a re-development of two existing bungalows into enhanced, specialist supported living apartments
  
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• Blandford care home in the running for national dining award

  09-10-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Blandford Grange care home in Blandford Forum has been shortlisted for a national award in recognition of its catering excellence, as part of an innovation ‘Care Dine with Me’ competition.
  The home, which is part of the Healthcare Homes group, provides residential and nursing care for up to 63 people, many of whom live with dementia.  Staff at the home pride themselves on the high quality care and support they provide to residents and a big part of this is the food served at the
  
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• Dementia initiative reinforces ‘Outstanding’ CQC classification for Southport care provider

  09-10-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Care Manager Jonathan Cunningham takes Betty Beck (91) and James Highton (90) on a trip along Southport’s famous Lord Street.
  A decorated former soldier has used his military skills and imagination to back up his ‘outstanding’ classification from the Care Quality Commission by launching a ‘transformative’ initiative for dementia patients and those with learning difficulties. 
  And, he says, the lessons learned could benefit the whole care industry.
   
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