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Contribution of growing part of NHS workforce should be measured as population ages
30 Sep 2014
There is a lack of data on the scope of Allied Health Professionals, despite costing a reported £2bn in salaries and making up six per cent of the NHS workforce. Allied Health Professionals (AHP) includes dieticians, physiotherapists.....
Wales gets 'flying doctors' service offering life-saving treatment
29 Sep 2014
People in Wales are getting a ‘flying doctors’ service, giving critically-ill and injured patients access to life-saving treatment at the scene of an injury or accident. The new service will be up and running.....
'Significant barriers' stop people with learning disabilities using slimming clubs
29 Sep 2014
People with mild to moderate learning disabilities are more likely to be obese and have poorer health than the general population, yet they face significant barriers in accessing commercial slimming clubs. Researchers.....
Labour reveals goal to make care for older people 'one service, one team, one person to call'
24 Sep 2014
Labour has promised to integrate health and social care as part of a ‘new beginning’ for the NHS if it wins the next election. Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham has put forward the party’s plans for the NHS at Labour’s annual.....
Ed Miliband pledges to fund 5,000 more care workers in Labour conference speech
23 Sep 2014
Ed Miliband has promised to create more healthcare jobs and funding to the NHS if Labour gets into power at next year’s General Election. In his last party conference speech before the General Election, taking place 7 May 2015,.....
Disability charities welcome Government promise to speed up welfare scheme
23 Sep 2014
Promises to cut the backlog and speed up the assessment process of the new Personal Independence Payments have been welcomed by charities as “crucial” to the lives of many disabled people. Following the.....
Sense of community needs to be rebuilt to prevent an 'isolation epidemic' in older people
23 Sep 2014
The increasing isolation of older and vulnerable people is becoming an epidemic which can only be fixed by rebuilding people’s sense of community, a neuroscientist has claimed. Dr Linda Shaw is encouraging more schools to visit.....
Campaign to turn Wales into Europe's first dementia-friendly country
22 Sep 2014
A campaign to turn Wales into Europe's first dementia-friendly country has been backed by a senior member of the Welsh Government who is urging the rest of Wales to sign up for the Purple Angel dementia awareness campaign. Wrexham.....
Worrying number of people relying exclusively on property to fund retirement
22 Sep 2014
The number of people planning to sell or rent property to fund retirement has reached an all time high and a warning about funding retirement in this way has been issued. A senior member of asset management company Barings Asset.....
Government and NHS workers poised to clash over pay
19 Sep 2014
NHS workers whom are members of trade union Unison have voted overwhelmingly for strike action, due to the Government’s decision not to deliver a pay rise as per the independent Pay Review Body’s recommendation. Results.....
CQC says community mental health services must improve
18 Sep 2014
Nearly one in three people with a mental health problem don’t know who to contact if they have a crisis out of hours, according to the Care Quality Commission. A survey of more than 13,500 people who use.....
People with long-term health conditions do not feel in control of their care
18 Sep 2014
Nearly a third of patients with long-term conditions are not satisfied with their care, according to a new survey. The research carried out by the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) found patients.....
Two-thirds of Britons scared of getting dementia
17 Sep 2014
Two-thirds of people in the UK are worried about getting dementia in later life, yet only a quarter realise being overweight is a risk factor, according to a new survey by Bupa. The YouGov poll commissioned.....
New strategy for meeting the workforce demands of an ageing population
17 Sep 2014
Workforce development body Skills for Care has launched a refreshed Recruitment and Retention Strategy, which it promotes as being ‘created by the sector for the sector’. The Strategy offers guidance on.....
Mental health research reveals that one in six attempt suicide while waiting for psychological therapies
16 Sep 2014
The next Government must make talking therapies a priority, says the We Need to Talk coalition. Its newly published study adds further evidence to the mental health crisis by detailing unacceptable waiting times for NHS treatment.....
Care market needs to avoid 'investing in the wrong people'
16 Sep 2014
Labour market data reports continue to show a growth in vacancies and staff appointments throughout UK job sectors, as confirmed by KPMG LLP and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation. Indeed the latest ‘Report on Jobs’ finds.....
Scottish independence: All eyes on Scotland this Thursday as vote could change face of Scottish care
15 Sep 2014
The care sector has largely been quiet on the issue of Scottish independence, yet the vote this Thursday is set to have a huge impact both on older and disabled people and the care providers themselves. Welfare,.....
Human brain may be able to compensate for some of early changes seen in Alzheimer's disease
15 Sep 2014
New research has shown that older adults with build-up of a hallmark Alzheimer’s protein have increased brain activity while performing memory tasks. The US study suggests that the brain adapts to compensate for early damage caused.....
Around 70 million working days lost due to mental health illness
11 Sep 2014
Fast tracked access to treatment for working people with a mental health illness has been proposed in the Chief Medial Officer’s report ‘Employment is Good for Mental Health.’ The Chief Medical Officer wants.....
Cantor Fitzgerald London supports disability charity on its annual global fundraiser day
11 Sep 2014
Leonard Cheshire Disability is being represented by Channel 5 presenter Sian Welby at the annual Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund Charity Day taking place today marking the 11 September terrorist attacks. The global fundraiser is.....
'When You Were Superman' song remembers dad with dementia
10 Sep 2014
A man who watched his dad who he idolised as a child, fade away as dementia took hold, has written a song about him called ‘When You Were Superman’. The song, which raises money for the Alzheimer’s Society,.....
Social media used in positive way to share and dispel autism myths
10 Sep 2014
Through the popular social media site Twitter, under the hashtag #AutismMyths, friends, family members and carers have been sharing their experiences of the untrue and often derogatory things said about people with autism. From.....
Unpaid care to blame for adults with dementia being unfairly disadvantaged
10 Sep 2014
An ‘artificial divide’ exists between health and social care which leaves carers and families footing the bill for the growth of dementia, according to an alliance of mental health experts. The Alzheimer’s Society has teamed up.....
MP supports home care provider’s food bank campaign
09 Sep 2014
A home care provider has been commended by its local MP for the work the agency is doing to support and sustain a community Food Bank campaign. Premier Care Wirral, a home care provider based in Merseyside,.....
Mencap urges end to discrimination against people with learning disabilities
08 Sep 2014
Nine out of 10 people think the next Government must take action to try and end discrimination against people with learning disabilities, a poll commissioned by leading learning disabilities’ charity Mencap suggests......
Care manager criticises negative attitude of care professionals who say 'I'm just a care worker'
08 Sep 2014
Quality training is essential to make sure some of the negative attitudes society has towards caring do not spill over into the profession, according to a social care recruitment company. Rachel Bryan, marketing.....
Profile: Giving a voice to people with learning disabilities
02 Sep 2014
The founder of a self-advocacy organisation speaks out about the need for people with learning disabilities to be able to determine their own lives. Motivated by his own life experiences, disability campaigner.....
Number of older people registered blind falls seven per cent
02 Sep 2014
Figures published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) shows a fall in the number of people over the age of 75 registered as blind or partially sighted. Compared to the last report published in 2011 there.....
Innovation Fund announced for projects to tackle loneliness in North Yorkshire
01 Sep 2014
North Yorkshire County Council have announced a £1m fund that will contribute towards innovative projects to reduce loneliness in the community. Recognising the potential of such projects to work alongside health and social care.....
People with Parkinson’s get their own specialist home care service
01 Sep 2014
People with Parkinson’s in North Yorkshire now have their own specialist home care service, which includes joint working with GPs, district nurses, physiotherapists and other health and social care professionals. The.....
Patients will rate hospitals on food quality in drive to improve nutrition
01 Sep 2014
The Government is giving patients the power to rate food on hospital wards, in order to encourage hospitals, to raise standards of the food they serve. For the first time, the NHS will have to abide by mandatory.....