Care Sector News

14th August 2018

Baroness Jolly: We must put the best interests of patients first and end the crisis in social care

Alzheimer’s Society comment… An article published by Baroness Judith Jolly, Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Health, highlights that a backlog of Deprivation of Libery Safeguards (DoLS) assessments […]
13th August 2018

Care home creates Wish List programme for residents

The team at The Hillings residential care home in Eaton Socon, Cambridgeshire has introduced a special Wish List programme for its residents. The home, which provides […]
10th August 2018

‘Inspirational’ mum following dementia diagnosis aged just 39

An ‘inspirational’ mother-of-two is on a personal mission to smash fundraising targets and challenge social stereotypes after being diagnosed with dementia at the age of 39. […]
10th August 2018

101 years young

Some special celebrations took place at Home Close residential care home in Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire this week, to mark resident Vera Hawkins’ (nee Badman) 101st birthday. Vera, […]
9th August 2018

Prominent care industry figures commended with Outstanding Achievement awards

David Bates and Graham Lomer, the founders of the Healthcare Homes Group, and recognised care industry figureheads, have been presented with Outstanding Achievement awards at the […]
2nd August 2018

STATIC and MOBILE Secure Notes Trolleys

… a range for every healthcare setting. Wouldn’t it be amazing if you could buy modern, British made, excellent quality, easy to clean, fit for purpose […]
1st August 2018

NICE publishes a Medtech innovation briefing on PICO

Smith & Nephew, the global medical technology business, announces that NICE has issued a Medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on the use of PICO Single Use Negative […]
1st August 2018

Nortech’s Transit Ultimate

People and vehicle access control specialist Nortech is now offering a robust long-range reader based on semi active RFID technology, which enables automatic vehicle identification at […]
31st July 2018

Virtual bingo game connects care home residents

With bingo being the go-to social game for many families and communities, Ideal Carehomes’ Lifestyle Manager Tom Ogden had the idea of creating a ‘virtual bingo […]