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May 23, 2023

Patients say they feel ‘really cared for’ at Priory’s Llanarth Court hospital

Patients say they feel ‘really cared for’ at Priory’s Llanarth Court hospital as inspectors praise the safe and effective treatment provided • Inspectors said staff...

March 27, 2023

Dentists: Care home residents baring brunt of access crisis

Fourfold increase in residents unable to access routine NHS care: The British Dental Association has stressed Ministers must act on new research from the Care Quality...

August 22, 2022

Most googled questions from young carers

An expert answers the most googled questions from young carers after an increase in online searches across the UK. Child carers provide vital support for...

January 28, 2021

New trial to test drugs for preventing Covid-19 in care homes

A new trial, led by experts from the University of Nottingham, will look at reducing the transmission of Covid-19 and its severity in care homes,...

September 3, 2020

Pension-style solution is best fix for social care crisis

With more than 1 in 20 care home residents having died from coronavirus, the need to fix the crisis in social care for the elderly...

August 13, 2019

Care Home Nursing: The World’s Largest Relay Race?

In a relay race members of a team take turns completing parts of a course, with relay being defined as the act and consequence of...

January 28, 2017

Care Home Cast Away

In Cast Away, the epic survival drama film, Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is stranded on a deserted tropical island for four years, with a volleyball...

May 24, 2016

Dipstick urine tests are not fit for purpose

Urine tests have long been used as frontline weapons in the clinical armoury to ensure that elderly people are not suffering from dehydration. Studies show...