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• Migraines that affect vision may increase risk of irregular heartbeat

  14-11-2018 22:20
  People who experience migraine with visual aura may have an increased risk of an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, according to a new study.
  
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• Our social care workforce is dedicated to making an impact | Glen Garrod

  14-11-2018 13:54
  When presented with issues, care staff get stuck in and work together to fix them As we gather for the annual National Children and Adult Services Conference and gear up for a critical year ahead for social care, the need for unity has never been clearer.We all know the backdrop against which we are operating: massive challenges confront us, whether that’s the sector’s significant funding restrictions, fragile care markets, the sustainability of our under-recognised and under-rewarde
  
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• Despair is not an option: we need to build a better future for social care | Julie Stansfield

  14-11-2018 12:47
  Seen as a costly problem – not as an opportunity ripe for investment – social care needs to tell a better storyPerhaps now more than ever, during this time of terrible cuts, we need to reimagine and start to build a better future for social care. This year, for the first time, the National Children and Adult Services conference will run in parallel with a major fringe event, independently organised by voluntary network #socialcarefuture.The network has for the past year been gatherin
  
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• Why raising national insurance for the over-40s won’t fix social care | Anne Perkins

  14-11-2018 11:56
  It’s a good idea, but no solution to Britain’s health and social care crisis is possible until they can be accessed on equal termsThere have been 12 government papers on paying for social care in England in the past 20 years. Some of them were proposals for more discussion. One or two held out hope of legislation. There have also been five independent commissions – and as for thinktank reports, they are beyond number. Another green paper is in preparation, although its publicat
  
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• Warrington supported living service welcomes its first tenants

  14-11-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new supported living service run by Eden Futures in Warrington has welcomed its first tenants this week.
   
  They have each moved into a specialist apartment designed to provide a supported living service for people with a learning disability or mental health need who require an alternative to residential care provision.
  The new service which is located close to the centre of Warrington, Cheshire is made up of 4 bungalows, 2 ground floor apartments and 3 first floor apartments. 
   
  
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• Investors in People Awards 2018 shortlists care village operator

  14-11-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Care village operator, Belong, has been shortlisted in the Investors in People Awards 2018.  The not-for-profit organisation joins the shortlist as a result of its successful recruitment, training and development practices, which have seen staff praised in Care Quality Commission inspection reports, and all its villages and home care services rated as either outstanding or good by the CQC inspectors.
   
  Belong has been shortlisted in the Excellence in the Third Sector category, which is
  
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• MyLife Cambridge appoints new manager

  14-11-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  MyLife Cambridge, a local home care and companionship provider, has appointed a new manager to enhance and expand its breadth of services, recruit a fresh wave of compassionate care assistants and grow the business by attracting new clients living in the city and beyond.Karen Nash, 52, who lives in Hemingford Abbots, is a care professional with over two decades of experience in the industry. Most recently she was a senior manager at another leading domiciliary care provider, where she spent six
  
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• Calls for national tax rises to pay for adult social care

  14-11-2018 07:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Government must make the case for national tax rises – including to either Income Tax and/or National Insurance – to secure the long-term future of adult social care services, council leaders say today.
  At the National Children and Adult Services Conference which starts in Manchester today, the Local Government Association is publishing its response to its social care green paper consultation, setting out findings, implications and recommendations. The LGA launched the consultati
  
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