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• Clare in the community: better than 'Boris'

  23-07-2019 19:33
  Clare gives Boris an honorary title Continue reading...
  
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• Researchers get a handle on how to control blood sugar after stroke

  23-07-2019 18:19
  Hyperglycemia, or high levels of glucose, is common in patients with acute ischemic stroke and is associated with worse outcomes compared to normal blood sugar levels. Animal studies also pointed to an effect of high blood sugar in worsening stroke injury. Stroke experts have debated whether intensive glucose management after acute ischemic stroke leads to better outcomes but a new study finds that aggressive methods are not better than standard approaches.
  
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• Carl Beech case ‘must not stop child abuse survivors speaking up’

  23-07-2019 17:31
  Charities fear genuine victims may not come forward in wake of conviction for false claims
  The conviction of a former nurse who fabricated allegations about a VIP paedophile ring in Westminster must not stop genuine child abuse survivors coming forward to seek justice, leading charities have warned.Carl Beech, who is himself a convicted paedophile, was found guilty on Monday of perverting the course of justice and fraud over his claims of abuse against a series of high-profile figures including
  
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• 'I decide who, what, where': why social care thrives when users help design services

  23-07-2019 11:41
  Defining and delivering quality care in a post-austerity era is a challenge, but users’ experiences can shape policy and practice “Funding matters, of course it does, but the thing people really care about is the quality of the care that they receive,” Matt Hancock, the health and social care secretary, told the recent Local Government Association annual conference.What is quality? How do you define it, how do you measure it and, most importantly, how do you provide it? Continu
  
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• Orchard Care partners with Oomph!

  23-07-2019 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Orchard Care Homes, a UK care provider for the elderly, is pulling out all the stops to create fun, engaging and inclusive activities for its residents. The organisation has partnered with Oomph!, a company that aims to enhance mental, physical and emotional wellbeing of people through innovative exercise and activities, in an activities programme for […]
  
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• Sheffield nursing home residents help shape the city’s health services

  23-07-2019 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
    A group of Sheffield nursing home residents are helping shape the city’s health services. Broomgrove – which is sited just off Ecclesall Road – has become the first home in the region to work in partnership with Healthwatch Sheffield on a project run with the city’s Accountable Care Partnership. The residents chose to look […]
  
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• Development-led care home operator named Property Developer of the Year

  23-07-2019 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Development-led care home operator New Care, part of the Altrincham-based McGoff Group, has been named Property Developer of the Year at the Health Investor awards. Held annually to recognise best practice in the business of healthcare, the awards set the standard for achievement within the health and social care sector and are well recognised as […]
  
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• Debbie Jones: ‘My team of experts got children’s services off the naughty step’ | David Brindle

  23-07-2019 07:00
  The head of children’s services at London’s Tower Hamlets on how she achieved a ‘remarkable’ turnaroundWhen Ofsted inspectors branded children’s services in Tower Hamlets “inadequate” two years ago, Debbie Jones seemed hoist by her own petard. She had become director responsible for services at the then troubled east London council after leaving Ofsted, where she had controversially made the inspection model much tougher.Jones, 69, can now claim vindicat
  
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• Widespread aspirin use despite few benefits, high risks

  23-07-2019 00:21
  Nearly 30 million Americans older than 40 take aspirin daily to prevent cardiovascular disease. More than 6 million Americans take aspirin daily without physician's recommendation. Nearly half of Americans more than 70 years of age without cardiovascular disease, an estimate of nearly 10 million people, take aspirin daily -- despite current guidelines against this practice.
  
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