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• Covid: GPs to earn £10 per care home resident vaccination

  31-12-2020 13:23
  
  Extra payment offered in effort to protect most vulnerable in England before end of JanuaryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGPs in England are to be paid an extra £10 for every care home resident they vaccinate against Covid, in an attempt to protect the most vulnerable people in the top priority group before the end of January.Around two-thirds of the people vaccinated so far have been care home residents – 524,439 of the total of 786,000. Even thoug
  
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• New projector lights up Newcastle-under-Lyme care residents’ world

  31-12-2020 10:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents at Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme have found a novel way to travel the globe, since the arrival of a state-of-the-art interactive projector at the care village. The new piece of kit is proving a hit with residents, creating a range of mesmerising experiences while providing a welcome boost to their emotional and physical wellbeing.Projecting onto table-tops, the floor or even bedcovers, the technology comes with a vast library of activities, opening up a wealth of sensory opportunities fo
  
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• Covid-19: Royal Star & Garter Chairman Major General Tim Tyler’s vaccine trial

  31-12-2020 09:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  When volunteers were needed to take part in Covid vaccine tests, Royal Star & Garter Chairman Major General Tim Tyler stepped forward. Here, he explains his reasons for volunteering and the impact it could have.I volunteered to participate in Covid studies some time ago because I wanted to be able to make an active contribution to bringing this dreadful disease under control. I was asked to join the Janssen vaccine trial a few weeks ago. I had given some general thought about what I would do
  
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• Care provider welcomes 35 new staff to its 10 Year Club

  31-12-2020 09:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Specialist healthcare provider, Ludlow Street Healthcare, has celebrated the end of a tough year by welcoming 35 team members into its 10 Year Club which honours all its long-serving team members.Ludlow Street Healthcare specialises in providing care for adults over the age of 18 with complex mental health problems, autism, learning disabilities, and neuropsychiatric conditions including dementia and acquired brain injuries. Of its 1,100 staff, 145 have been with the company for over a decade, i
  
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• Malvern care team members spread festive happiness

  31-12-2020 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  At Perrins House, one of the three dedicated care homes run by charity Friends of the Elderly in Malvern, two of the Domestic Team have taken on the role of Artistic Surprise Makers and have been keeping the residents engaged – and intrigued – with specially created and imaginative monthly display tables and poems that everyone can enjoy.Vanda Jenkins and Dawn Barnes who, between them, have worked at Perrins House for over 23 years, prepare and design the displays each month and tail
  
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