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Care home residents will be allowed one visitor from today
As part of the government's roadmap to ease lockdown restrictions, care home residents will be allowed one indoor visitor from the 8th of March.
Digital learning transformation programme
Alex Drinkall, Communications and Stakeholder Lead, and Martin Sinclair, Programme Lead at Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare, educate us about the digital learning transformation programme.
How technology can transform the elective care challenge
Karina Malhotra, founder and MD, Acumentice, explores how technology is being used to solve the elective care conundrum and to what extent emerging tech can make a credible difference on the front line.
Transgang is a new way of interpreting youth gangs
Transgang tackles the issue of transnational youth gangs, seeing them as an actor of mediation rather than a security problem.
A national strategy for social care could save the NHS £1 billion every year
Research found that the supported housing and integrated mental health system could save the NHS £950 million if used as a national strategy for social care.
Social care sector to receive further £120 million for additional care staff
The Government has allocated a further £120 million for the social care sector to help with staff shortages due to the pandemic.
The vaccine isn’t a silver bullet for longstanding pressures in elderly care
Jitesh Patel, Project Director at Kajima Partnerships discusses why the vaccine is not a silver bullet for longstanding pressures in elderly care and how the sector must adapt post-pandemic.
Fighting dementia with food amid the third UK lockdown
Philip Mayling, director of MKG Foods, explores how food can help care home residents suffering from dementia during the third UK lockdown.
Why a reformed social care system in the UK cannot wait
Fiona Carragher, Director of Research and Influencing at Alzheimer’s Society walks us through why a reformed social care system in the UK cannot wait.
Re-shaping local gov: Mobilising the workforce and joining up care
David McKinney, Managing Director of Local Government at Servelec, discusses how councils can build on the digital progress they’ve made during COVID-19, and use mobile solutions to move towards true joined-up working.
What has COVID-19 taught us about the benefits of TEC?
Gavin Bashar, UK Managing Director of Tunstall Healthcare, discusses what healthcare professionals, social care leaders and local governments have learned about the benefits of technology enabled care (TEC) amid COVID-19.
Why the future of care lies in tech, not robots
Nicholas Kelly, CEO of Axela Ltd, explains why he believes that the future of care lies in tech, not just robots.
How can we rebuild a stronger social care system in the UK?
Max Parmentier, CEO of Birdie, believes that the social care 'reform' of scaling the current system 'from the 80s' is not enough and will only exacerbate its faults.
Black Students Matter: Can British schools learn anti-racism?
Halima Jibril, History student and Founding Editor of Ashamed Magazine, discusses Black children in the British school system and calls for education outside of traditional schooling.
24/7 live-in care at home: A post-COVID solution for the future of UK elderly...
Here, Peter Seldon, CEO of Consultus Care & Nursing explains the potentials of a revolution in elderly care and what we can do to get there.
Healthcare systems must uncover data blind spots to drive change post-COVID-19
Dr Anas Nader, CEO at Patchwork Health explains why healthcare providers must make greater efforts to gather, analyse and act upon data blind spots to drive change post-COVID-19.
Providing specialist adult care in a post-COVID world
John Whitehead, CEO of Exemplar Health Care, discusses specialist adult care and how to continue delivering post-COVID.
Exploring the importance of language in social work
Luke Rodgers, Director of Strategy at the Care Leaders and Julie Tyas, registered social worker and Senior Strategy Lead at Servelec, explore how the language used in a young person’s care record can impact their future.
Care options in the UK for the elderly
Country Cousins, a live-in care provider, has developed a guide detailing some of the care options available in the UK for elderly people.
Uncovering the barriers to fostering, during the pandemic and beyond
To encourage and inspire new potential foster carers to step forward, Bristol City Council decided it needed to understand just what nudges people over the line, and what holds them back.