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Fury as North Wales Health Board Cuts £5,000-a-Year from Complex Nursing Care Funding

Health leaders and care providers in North Wales have condemned a decision by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to cut funding for some of the region’s most vulnerable patients, describing it as a “travesty” and “utterly ridiculous.” The board is paying over £5,000 a year less for residents in Conwy receiving Continuing Health Care (CHC) […]

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Swinney Launches £500,000 Support Fund for Displaced International Care Workers

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Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney has announced that the Scottish Government will directly sponsor visas for overseas care workers in an effort to tackle what he described as a deepening staffing crisis in the social care sector. The move comes after Westminster’s immigration restrictions led to an 88 per cent fall in the number of

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Care Home Residents Suffering Due to Untreated Hearing Loss, Says White Paper

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Care England, in partnership with Engage and Nightingale Hammerson, has released a compelling new white paper urging immediate and coordinated efforts to improve hearing care for residents in care homes. The paper draws on research conducted by the University of Manchester, specifically by experts at the Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD). The findings

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