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• Delay to social care reforms will ‘fail more families every day’

  10-05-2021 19:46
  
  Health of thousands of vulnerable people in England and Wales at risk, despite Johnson’s promise to fix crisis
  Campaigners and thinktanks have said a failure to announce significant new social care reforms in the Queen’s speech will “fail more families every day” and put the health and wellbeing of thousands of vulnerable people at risk.Reports suggest the government is to once more delay reforms to the adult social care system in England and Wales after being unable to a
  
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• Putting the Oomph into Burlington Care!

  10-05-2021 10:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  Burlington Care residents and staff are delighted with the announcement of a new partnership with Oomph! On Demand.The agreement with Oomph! On Demand should enhance the activities already taking place across the group.Burlington Care employs a legion of imaginative Activity Coordinators who already go way beyond their duties to create different events and activities. Where possible, they enable residents to continue hobbies they have always enjoyed.This new venture by Oomph!, a digital platform
  
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• Blaina care home celebrates 30th anniversary

  10-05-2021 10:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A care home in Blaina is celebrating 30 years of delivering care for its residents.Cwm Celyn care home in Abertillery marked the milestone with a celebratory garden party for residents and staff, with family and friends joining in the fun online via Zoom.Three staff members who have worked at the home since it opened in April 1991 – Julie Watkins, Beverley Williams and Anthony Lewis – were all thanked for their long service, while a chocolate hamper was presented to Clive Morris, the
  
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• Charity staff celebrate milestone Nursing Associate qualifications

  10-05-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Royal Star & Garter’s first cohort of student Nursing Associates has qualified.Karen Jakeman, Fiona Mirembe and Leena Ghale finished their two-year course, and are now Registered Nursing Associates.The three, who were working as Health Care Assistants (HCAs) and Lead HCAs at the Surbiton Home prior to the course, will now be able to take on responsibilities which previously lay with Nurses, such as taking blood samples, administering oral medications, and assisting with residents&rsquo
  
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• Queen’s speech: voters will need photo ID for general elections

  10-05-2021 01:01
  
  Government’s legislative agenda is unlikely to include long-awaited reforms to adult social careBritons will have to show photo ID to vote in future general elections, ministers are poised to confirm this week, as a means of tackling fraud which critics claim could deter poorer and ethnic minority voters from taking part in democracy.The proposal is to be included in Tuesday’s Queen’s speech, which will set out the government’s post-pandemic priorities and the laws it int
  
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