Engage: What is ethical leadership and how can we apply it in social care
As Skills for Care focuses on ‘Leadership at all levels’ this month, they reached out to registered manager Jason Denny to find out more about what it means to be
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Care workers and people aged 65 and over urged to book Covid-19 booster jab
People aged 65 and over can now book their Covid-19 booster jab online or via 119. The NHS is also offering appointments to carers and pregnant women as the vaccine
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Blind cancer patient died after fall from balcony of assisted care flat, hearing told
A blind cancer patient died after falling from the balcony of his flat in an assisted care complex, a pre-inquest review has heard. The body of Mark Williams was discovered
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Health Secretary visits care home as residents among first to get Covid-19 booster
Elderly care home residents are among the first in Scotland to receive their Covid-19 and flu vaccines as a winter booster programme is launched. On a visit to the Victoria
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Around 1.6m care home residents, staff and housebound first in line for Covid booster
Hundreds of thousands of care home residents, staff and housebound people in England will receive their autumn coronavirus vaccine booster from Monday, with millions more people in line in the
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Therapists report improved recall as keyboards strike memory chord among dementia patients
Keyboards have helped to strike a memory chord and light up dementia patients’ faces with smiles. Casio gave lighting key keyboards to some of care provider Methodist Homes’ (MHA) dementia
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Hospital patient faced nine-month social care wait before discharge, FOI request finds
Hospital patients who are medically fit to be sent home have been forced to wait at hospital for months on end while provisions are made to get them safely home
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Small decrease reported in latest Scotland’s social care workforce figures
The size of Scotland’s social work, social care and early years workforce dropped slightly last year to 208,360 people, a drop of 0.6% on 2020, a new report shows. The
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Covid-19 testing for NHS and care home staff without symptoms to be ‘paused’
Covid-19 testing among NHS and care home staff with no symptoms in England is to be “paused” at the end of August, officials have announced. The Department of Health and
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Barclay to consider recruiting foreign care home workers amid concerns urgent action needed
New plans are being considered to recruit foreign workers for the UK’s care homes amid concerns about staff shortages this winter. A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said:
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