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• New appropriate use criteria for lumbar puncture in Alzheimer's diagnosis

  10-10-2018 16:55
  In preparation for more tools that detect and measure the biology associated with Alzheimer's and other dementias earlier and with more accuracy, experts have published appropriate use criteria (AUC) for lumbar puncture (spinal tap) and spinal fluid analysis in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
  
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• Almost 17,000 newborn babies taken into care in England in past nine years

  10-10-2018 14:32
  Many infants taken from their mothers in hospital within hours or days of deliveryThe number of newborn babies removed from their parents in care proceedings in England has increased by 136% in the past nine years, according to a report.Evidence published on Wednesday has revealed that 2,447 newborns were subject to care proceedings within one week of birth from 2016 to 2017, compared with 1,039 in 2007-08. Over the nine-year period, a total of 16,849 newborns were subject to care proceedings. C
  
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• Bradford care home enjoys ‘Outstanding’ result after CQC inspection

  10-10-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Care Quality Commission has rated the care being provided at Mill View to be Outstanding following an inspection April this year. The service is operated by Anchor Carehomes Limited and part of Anchor Trust.
  Mill View, on Bolton Lane, Bradford is a care home that provides accommodation and personal care for up to 50 people. It was previously in special measures after a CQC inspection in March 2016 rated the service Inadequate. Inspectors returned to the service in the following November and
  
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• 2018 award winners announced at NACC gala dinner

  10-10-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) announced the winners of the 2018 NACC Awards at a gala dinner.
   
  The innovation, achievements and dedication of teams and individuals that make an exceptional contribution in the specialist field of care catering were rewarded and celebrated by the association’s members, industry partners and guests at the awards dinner held at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham. 
  The 2018 winners are:
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• UK-wide art campaign highlights problem of ‘bedblocking’

  10-10-2018 07:59
  Bed-based installations hope to raise awareness of patients stuck in hospital, which costs the NHS £550 a minuteOver the last month hospital beds have been popping up all over the UK – Chichester Cathedral, Princes Street in Edinburgh, Southampton and St Thomas’s hospital, London, to name a few. One is a bed that had pillows and blankets made of sandpaper, another bed frame has various body parts attached to it, while one piece features a man lying in a park with a 3D model of
  
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