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• Heaton Moor care home lit up for poignant remembrance event

  22-11-2018 16:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  A HC-One care home in Heaton Moor was lit up with falling poppies this Sunday when it hosted a Remembrance event to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War.
   
  The team at Newlands Care Home, which is situated on Heaton Moor Road, were joined by members of the local community for the special event.
   
  On the evening, staff, Residents and guests took part in a short Remembrance service, listened to memories from Residents of the Second World War and enjoyed a sketch by a loca
  
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• Lords ask Minister for clarity on access to medicine after Brexit

  22-11-2018 12:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  The House of Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee has today written to Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (DHSC) asking for clarity on the Government’s contingency preparations to ensure the UK has continued access to medicines and medical products in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit.
  The letter follows an evidence session the Committee held with witnesses from Nuffield Trust, British Association of European Pharmaceutical Distributors and evidence giv
  
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• Great Oaks care staff complete ‘Be an Effective Leader’ programme

  22-11-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Five team members from Great Oaks care home in Bournemouth, have completed the ‘Be an Effective Leader’ programme.
  Great Oaks is managed by Encore Care Homes, which invests significantly in the personal development of its staff and presents them with regular training opportunities throughout the year. The ‘Be an Effective Leader’ programme was launched to provide staff with the skills and tools required to manage a team successfully.
  The ‘Be an Effective Leader&rsqu
  
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• Memory Walk in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society

  22-11-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  The staff, residents and families of Rose Lodge care home have been uniting against dementia as the home held its own Memory Walk to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society.
  Participants completed ‘The Great Aycliffe Way Walk’, a well known five and a half mile circular walk in the surrounding countryside to the north of the Town.
  Twenty people from the home took part, as well as some furry four-legged supporters too!
  They raised a grand total of £473.83 which will go tow
  
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• Free support aims to safeguard mental well-being of care home staff

  22-11-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tracy Gough
  Care home managers are being offered free support to help reduce staff sickness levels related to stress brought on by the complex demands of the UK’s growing number of dementia patients.
   
  Fresh concerns surrounding the mental well-being of care home staff who look after dementia patients have been raised by Tracy Gough, a registered nurse, life coach, therapist and author from Stoke on Trent.
   
  It follows the publication of her latest book ‘My Dementia Journey
  
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