Decisions to restrict hospital visits during the pandemic in Northern Ireland were taken as “the least worst option”, the former chief nursing officer (CNO) for the region has said. Professor
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As part of their ‘Making integration happen’ campaign, Skills for Care CEO, Oonagh Smyth, discusses how integration is at the core of effective person-centred care. Integrated care is a coordinated
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Archbishops have called for a “radical redesign” of England’s “broken” social care system. A so-called National Care Covenant, setting out the rights and responsibilities of national and local government, communities,
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A woman has been jailed for almost five years after she and her family faked a neurological condition to scam a local authority out of more than £624,000. Frances Noble,
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People with learning disabilities and their families would have a greater say in their care under new protections being consulted on to update the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice.
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Embedding specialist addictions nurses in general practices in the most disadvantaged areas can bring positive results for those with alcohol problems and should be expanded, according to a study. The
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People will be encouraged to “foster” adults in need and be able to order blood tests “as easily as ordering a burger” under new health reforms set out by the
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Skills for Care, in collaboration with Supported Loving, Care Quality Commission (CQC), and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), has conducted a learning materials review to provide social
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The government has put forward proposals for social care funding. Of the £36bn promised from the Health and Social Care levy over the next three years, social care is due
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A team of researchers from the University of Hertfordshire, Leeds Beckett University and the University of Nottingham have been awarded over £300,000 of funding from the Alzheimer’s Society to co-design
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