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• Cannabis pain relief without the 'high'

  24-10-2018 22:36
  In the wake of cannabis legalization, a team of scientists have delivered encouraging news for chronic pain sufferers by pinpointing the effective dose of marijuana plant extract cannabidiol (CBD) for safe pain relief without the typical 'high' or euphoria produced by the THC.
  
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• Could wearable technology help patients monitor blood pressure?

  24-10-2018 19:15
  A lab simulation model of an artificial artery demonstrates 'pulse wave velocity' is a feasible measurement for monitoring blood pressure. Wearable patches show promise for measuring PWV, making them a potentially inexpensive blood-pressure monitoring option.
  
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• UK police recruited teenager to spy on her pimp

  24-10-2018 17:35
  Lords debate reveals sexually exploited girl ended up becoming accessory to murderA teenage girl who was being sexually exploited was enlisted by police to collect information about her pimp, which led to her becoming an accessory to murder, a member of the House of Lords has revealed.In a Lords debate on the use of child spies, peers said 14 minors had been recruited since 2015. Sally Hamwee revealed the case of the 17-year-old, who was “on the edge of care”, and was one of a group
  
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• Dozens of nurses celebrate clinical excellence at Colten Care conference

  24-10-2018 11:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Colten Care Clinical Excellence Day at AFC Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium. Operations Director Elaine Farrer (left) with Clinical Managers Lisa Barnes-Metcalf and Lindsay Rees (right) with guest speakers Jan Mitchell (Diabetes Specialist Nurse) and West Hampshire CCG Nurse Facilitators Susan Richardson, Nicki Rogers and Maria Garrett-Marley.
  Nurses from care homes across the South focused on clinical leadership and best practice at a conference in Bournemouth.
    More than 70 regi
  
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• Hessle based home welcomes new manager

  24-10-2018 10:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  An East Yorkshire based care home which specialises in dementia care has appointed a new manager, who has over 25 years of care experience.
   
  Hessle based The Hollies, part of the Hica Group, recently welcomed Anne Bond from Hull as their manager. 
  Ann has an extensive background in the care industry, including 17 years’ experience as a manager, having worked in dual registered homes across Hull, Doncaster and Sheffield. 
  Ann said: “I’m settling into my new job w
  
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• New care team member to drive the future of care forwards

  24-10-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new member of the senior team has been appointed at a leading Accrington care home and is driving the future of care forward by encouraging people to take up nursing.
   
  Bernadette Bennett is now the deputy manager of Springhill Care Home after 38 years of working in the care sector for the NHS and private sector.
   
  Bernadette, who has been promoted after being at Springhill as Service Manager for three years, said: “Springhill is a great place to work even though it is quite la
  
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• Wilmslow home care provider becomes Cheshire’s first to be Outstanding in all areas

  24-10-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Amie Blott and Katie Brennan of Carefound Home Care (Wilmslow) celebrate being rated “Outstanding” in all areas by the CQC with client, Mrs Ratcliffe and her daughter, Linda Smith
  Carefound Home Care becomes Cheshire’s first to be rated Outstanding in all areas by CQC, making it the first home care service in Cheshire and one of the only services in the UK to achieve this accolade.
  Carefound Home Care provides personalised home care services to elderly people enabling them to r
  
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• £6 million investment to rebuild Warwickshire care home

  24-10-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Runwood Homes Senior Living has invested £6 million to rebuild former Warwickshire County Council owned care home, Four Acres, turning it into a modernised and expanded version of the former residential care setting, completed to a favourably high specification and now open to new admissions. 
  This state of the art care home, close to the town of Redditch in Warwickshire, has been specially developed to cater for older people, including those living with dementia, creating a spacious
  
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