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• The Guardian view on the NHS: the boss is leaving at a dangerous time | Editorial

  29-04-2021 19:40
  
  Simon Stevens’ departure from NHS England was expected, but there is cause for concern about the reorganisation to comeHuge changes to the NHS are coming. A bill to be set out in the Queen’s speech next month, and accompanied by a national digital strategy, will make official what has been on the cards for some time. England’s more than 100 clinical commissioning groups are to be replaced by 44 (or possibly 42) integrated care systems, with a remit to commission health and soci
  
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• Lyle House Care Home residents enjoy virtual cycling trips thanks to AWA Digital

  29-04-2021 10:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents at Lyle House Care Home in Roehampton are delighted to be able to go on virtual bike rides while still in lockdown, thanks to a generous donation of a from the agency, AWA digital. The Medicotech THERA static exercise bicycle and Motiview software enables users to take a virtual cycle trip across a variety of locations and is designed to stimulate people with dementia to be more physically and cognitively active. The bike and software have been designed specifically for older people an
  
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• Encore Care Homes staff and residents fully vaccinated against Covid

  29-04-2021 08:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  All staff and residents at Encore Care Homes have now received the opportunity to be fully vaccinated against the Covid virus.The first care home to receive a visit for the second vaccine was Great Oaks in Bournemouth, which welcomed in the team from Talbot Medical Centre to administer the second dose of the vaccines to the residents and team. Staff from Encore Care Homes who were not on duty queued outside the building before being welcomed into the designated room one at a time to receive the
  
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