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• People needing additional follow-on care after being discharged from hospital supported by £588m fund to cover social care

  21-08-2020 20:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  People needing additional follow-on care after being discharged from hospital – including older people and those with disabilities – will be supported by a £588 million fund to cover adult social care or the immediate costs of care in their own home. From 1 September, the NHS will be able to access the funding in […]
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• Crawley nurse retires after thirty years of dedicated service

  21-08-2020 09:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  A former nurse who has dedicated the last 30 years to caring for the elderly in Crawley has celebrated her retirement with a party at Deerswood Lodge care home, where she has worked for the last 14 years.   Sue Murray was joined by residents, colleagues and Shaw healthcare operations manager, Clare Gibson, at the […]
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• UK families bereaved by Covid-19 lose eligibility for welfare benefits

  21-08-2020 07:00
  
  Exclusive: Government’s Covid-19 £60,000 compensation payment breaches capital limits rulesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe families of low-paid frontline NHS and social care workers who die from coronavirus will be stripped of eligibility for welfare benefits if they receive a payout under the government’s Covid-19 compensation scheme, it has emerged.Under the NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme, the £60,000 lump sum
  
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• Stoke-on-Trent supported living service welcomes first resident

  21-08-2020 06:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the country’s leading supported living providers, Eden Futures, has welcomed its first service user in the Northwood area of the city, its first-ever development in Stoke. The first of seven self-contained apartments is now occupied as part of the company’s phased approach to moving in, with referrals in place for the remaining apartments […]
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