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• Deep learning model provides rapid detection of stroke-causing blockages

  29-09-2020 18:35
  
  A sophisticated type of artificial intelligence (AI) called deep learning can help rapidly detect blockages in the arteries that supply blood to the head, potentially speeding the onset of life-saving treatment, according to a study.
  
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• Brexit: warnings for care sector in pandemic as freedom of movement ends

  29-09-2020 11:13
  
  Wages should rise to make jobs more attractive to UK staff say government advisersThe end of freedom of movement will increase pressure on the social care sector in the midst of a pandemic unless ministers make jobs more attractive to UK workers by increasing salaries, government advisers have warned.The Migration Advisory Committee (Mac) has warned of the “stark consequences” of low wages in social care with most frontline role ineligible for the post-Brexit skilled worker immigrati
  
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• Sunderland care home residents enjoy messages from across the globe

  29-09-2020 10:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents from Lansbury Court care home in Sunderland have been lucky enough to receive letters from people all over the world during the coronavirus pandemic. 
   
  The letters arrived from far and wide, some filled with lovely hand drawn pictures, whilst others included words of encouragement and messages to put a smile on their faces.
   
  Everyone thoroughly enjoyed hearing from their correspondents and felt overwhelmed with the kindness that had been shown to them. Residents were s
  
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• Sally Warren: 'Covid has brutally exposed the fragilities of the care sector'

  29-09-2020 09:30
  
  The policy director of the King’s Fund thinktank on why the government’s social care winter plan won’t save it from a second waveCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs the government’s keenly awaited winter plan to protect social care in Englanddribbled out earlier this month, Sally Warren tweeted: “I can’t help but feel this is a missed opportunity to help the sector, those who work in it and those relying on it.”As the pol
  
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• 'Frail' people like me shouldn't be denied lifesaving Covid care | Patience Owen

  29-09-2020 08:30
  
  A frailty index is rationing treatment for older and disabled people who catch coronavirus. We are not sacrificial lambsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLockdown was easy for me, it has become my daily state more frequently throughout my life. I have a debilitating connective tissue disorder that keeps me indoors most days. It was a relief I no longer had to go out and pretend to be normal when wracked with ill-health and hidden pain. Like thousands of others wit
  
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• TLC Care recognised by Investors in People

  29-09-2020 07:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Team members and residents across TLC Care are celebrating after the elderly care provider was awarded Platinum status by the prestigious and internationally recognised Investors in People accreditation group.
   
  Platinum is the highest accreditation possible and is held by only 2% of the 8,000 UK companies that apply. To receive this award, companies must prove that they invest in employees at all levels of the business and enshrine the company’s values in every aspect of its work.
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