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• Health and social care staff recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours

  09-10-2020 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Latest Queen’s Birthday Honours list recognises incredible work of health and social care staff and volunteers.
  Health and social care staff and volunteers across the UK have been celebrated in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours, with their incredible work during the pandemic particularly highlighted.
  From the 1,495 number of people receiving honours across the UK, 14% are health and social care workers. This includes 41 nurses and midwives in celebration of the World Health Organisat
  
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• Outrage as MP tells ex-aviation staff that care work is not a “Dream Job”, when for many people it is exactly that!

  09-10-2020 18:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  Pictured: The Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey MP and Caremark Care & Support Worker – Judyta
  The Daily Telegraph yesterday reported on an interview in The Spectator  where The Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey MP suggested to former aviation staff that working in the care sector may not be a “dream job” when there are an abundance of care workers who feel it is their dream job. Undermining recruitment and retention to the sector.
  The question is, why wouldn
  
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• Care homes in England fear new Covid-19 cases as 90% of test results delayed

  09-10-2020 13:22
  
  Exclusive: Official figures show only about one in 10 results returned within 48-hour targetCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNearly nine out of 10 Covid-19 tests taken under the system used by care homes in England were returned after the government’s 48-hour target in September, official figures reveal.The performance of the NHS test-and-trace system has sparked warnings from care managers that continued delays will increase the risk of infection among the
  
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• New Resources to Support Emotional Well-Being launched

  09-10-2020 09:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  New resources to help look after the emotional well-being of people who have Down’s syndrome have been launched. Following a 40% rise in calls to its Helpline, the Down’s Syndrome Association have released the FREE multi-media resources for parents, carers, social sector workers, and people who have Down’s syndrome.
   
  The charity has spent the last two years working on the materials, and their launch could not be more timely, coming as it does in the midst of COVID-19 and
  
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• Is a national care service really the panacea many are hoping for?

  09-10-2020 09:09
  
  The appeal of a social care service to mirror the NHS is clear, but some aspects are better handled at a local level In Scotland, a panel of social care experts will soon meet to consider options for a “national care service”. Its first task should be to define what a national care service means; the phrase has been knocking around in England for more than a decade now, most recently in the last Labour manifesto, but without any real agreement about what it means.The appeal is clear.
  
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• Ashberry Healthcare announces completion of Management Buy Out

  09-10-2020 08:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ashberry Healthcare Ltd. has announced the completion of a Management Buy Out from former owners Rosegarth Investments, by three members of the care group’s existing executive team. The sale was completed on 7th October.
   
  Nigel Denny Chief Executive Officer alongside Chief Operating Officer Susan Lovelace and Chief Finance Officer, Gary Cottrell, have acquired 100% ownership of the business and property portfolio.
   
  Commenting on the decision to take over ownership of the 320 re
  
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• Care home enjoys quirky Harvest Hoedown celebration

  09-10-2020 07:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Birchwood House, a Tunbridge Wells-based care home, hosted a socially-distanced Harvest Hoedown in its grounds on Wednesday 9th September, for all staff and residents. Sealed food was also donated to benefit the local community. 
   
  Based in a period country house in the village of Speldhurst, Birchwood House has been locked down since before the start of the pandemic to keep residents safe. The Hoedown was arranged by the senior Birchwood House team who were ke
  
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