Care home operator fined £85K following resident death
A Hertfordshire care home operator has been fined after a resident with clinical dementia was suffocated by an unsecure wardrobe. Mrs Claire Hughes, 64, died as a result of compression
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Tag: Health and Wellbeing
Report: Barker Commission on Future of Health and Social Care
Huge social, demographic and technological changes have taken place since the NHS and social care systems were established in 1948. People are living longer, often with multiple long-term conditions, while
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New training programmes from the National Skills Academy for Health
The National Skills Academy for Health has launched a new programme of workshops and accredited courses to help healthcare employers across the UK improve the capability, efficiency and capacity of
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£4m of Welsh Government funding for new ambulances
The Welsh Ambulance Service will get almost £4m for a major upgrade of its fleet of vehicles, Health Minister Mark Drakeford has announced. The new funding will enable the service
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Food poverty leading to increased malnutrition cases
Illness caused by malnutrition is getting worse because some people cannot afford good quality food, a health expert has warned. Figures released earlier this month by the Health and Social
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Scottish Government approve extra £5M for intermediate care
Scots Health Secretary, Alex Neil, has announced an additional £5 million to help health boards to improve the flow of patients through the health and social care services. The funding
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Heart disease rates highest in Glasgow, new study
People in Glasgow are four times more likely to die from heart disease than those in some other regions, a charity has said. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) said that
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Major research initiative aims to combat cancer and rare diseases
The UK is set to become the world leader in ground-breaking genetic research into cancer and rare diseases, which will transform how diseases are diagnosed and treated, thanks to a
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Report: Health sector in Scotland – Labour Market Intelligence
Skills for Health has published a Labour Market Intelligence report exploring and analysing the health sector in Scotland. The in-depth report was commissioned by the Scottish Government as one of
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NICE: Workforce should use life events to encourage better middle-age health
Health workers should take advantage of significant life events among the middle-aged to get them to be healthier, new NHS guidance suggests. People whose children are leaving the nest, those
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