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• Day Out to the Seaside for Residents at Chandlers Ford Care Home

  26-07-2021 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Brendoncare Knightwood’s residents were delighted to enjoy their first day out to the seaside in over a year of lockdown.Nine residents from the care home in Chandler’s Ford, enjoyed a day trip to Bournemouth beach and the New Forest. They savoured their fish and chips on Bournemouth beach and some residents even dipped their toes in the sea and sand! There was much reminiscing about family beach holidays in their younger days too.After lunch they took a scenic tour through the New F
  
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• Johnson could rethink national insurance rise after Tory backlash

  26-07-2021 16:31
  
  At least five ministers are said to oppose plans for increase to fund crumbling social care systemBoris Johnson could rethink plans for a national insurance rise to fund an overhaul of social care, after a significant backlash from cabinet ministers and Conservative MPs.At least five cabinet ministers are said to oppose plans for a 1% increase in national insurance, likely to be branded a health and social care levy, to tackle the NHS Covid backlog and long-term funding for a more generous socia
  
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• Two types of blood pressure meds prevent heart events equally, but side effects differ

  26-07-2021 16:21
  In an analysis of almost 3 million patients taking a single high blood pressure medication for the first time, angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) were as good as angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors at preventing cardiovascular events linked to hypertension, including heart attack, stroke and heart failure. 51 possible side effects and safety concerns were examined: The patients taking ARBs were found to be significantly less likely to develop tissue swelling, cough, pancreas inflamm
  
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• Chichester care home residents enjoy ‘revolutionary’ trips out

  26-07-2021 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents from a Chichester care home were among the first passengers to take a neighbourhood trip aboard a specially adapted community bike.A party from Colten Care’s Wellington Grange took turns to sit in a ‘trishaw’ powered and steered from behind by a volunteer ‘pilot’.Their rides follow the summer launch of BrightRide, a not-for-profit community interest company which has brought the city’s first trishaw into service with funding from Chichester City Coun
  
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• National Care Group colleagues united across England and Wales to celebrate Frontline Workers’ Day

  26-07-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  MORE than 2,000 National Care Group colleagues united in celebrations across England and Wales as part of NHS, Social Care and Frontline Workers’ Day on Monday 5 July.As one of the UK’s leading providers of care and support services to vulnerable adults, National Care Group used the day as an opportunity to celebrate and recognise the commitment and hard work of its own colleagues after an incredibly challenging year for the sector due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The heroic effort
  
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