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• Among heart attack survivors, drug reduces chances of second heart attack or stroke

  07-11-2018 23:28
  In a clinical trial involving 18,924 patients from 57 countries who had suffered a recent heart attack or threatened heart attack, researchers have found that the cholesterol-lowering drug alirocumab reduced the chance of having additional heart problems or stroke.
  
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• 2.5 million older people have no one to turn to-Comment from Alzheimer’s Society

  07-11-2018 11:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  In response to a new report by Age UK, that has revealed that millions of older people feel that they have no one to turn to for help and support, Sally Copley, Director of Policy, Campaigns and Partnerships at Alzheimer’s Society said: “It is upsetting but unsurprising to hear that older people often feel they have no one to turn to. We know dementia can be an incredibly isolating experience with 62 per cent of people living alone with dementia feeling cut off from society, and over
  
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• Target Healthcare REIT acquires further sites for care home construction

  07-11-2018 11:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  The UK’s listed specialist investor in modern, purpose-built care homes, Target Healthcare; has announced it has fully deployed its uncommitted capital in a transaction worth £37 million by completing the acquisition of two well-advanced developments in Cumnor Hill, Oxford and Badgers Mount, near Sevenoaks in Kent.
   
  The remainder of the development works will be funded under capped development contracts to create two high-quality residential care homes with a combined total of
  
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• Wetherby care home brings raft of jobs to local area

  07-11-2018 10:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  A brand new luxury residential and dementia care home in Wetherby is bringing a raft of employment and career opportunities to the area.  Windsor Court, which is due to open early next year, will employ nearly 50 people once it is fully staffed and will provide exciting and fulfilling roles for people who are both experienced in the care industry and those looking to begin their care career. Construction began on the two floor 66 bed home by LNT Care Developments earlier this year and
  
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• WorldSkills UK 2018 Health & Social Care Competition announces final competitors

  07-11-2018 09:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  The eight finalists competing for the title of WorldSkills UK Health and Social Care Champion 2018 have been announced. WorldSkills UK is part of the world’s largest vocational training competition and this year’s final will take place in front of over 80,000 people at WorldSkills UK Live, which is being held at Birmingham’s NEC on 15th – 17th of November. 
  The competition aims to find the best adult health and social care students and workers in the country. During
  
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• West Sussex home care provider agrees six-figure funding package for planned growth

  07-11-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Following Care2Connect’s recent acquisition of Brooker Care, the company has been awarded a place on the West Sussex County Council’s ‘Care and Support At Home’ framework in the north of the county.
   
  Care2Connect used a six-figure funding package from HSBC UK to purchase Brooker Care, based in East Grinstead, in June this year. Care2Connect has been a core provider for the south of the region since 2015, and with Brooker Care based in the north of the county, the co
  
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