Have you secured your FREE place at the upcoming Care Forum?
5th & 6th October – Heythrop Park, Oxfordshire *Live & Virtual attendance options are available* Your attendance is entirely complimentary and will give you access to a range of benefits including; access to budget-saving and innovative solution providers, current industry seminar sessions, networking with peers, lunch & refreshments throughout and overnight accommodation. RSVP here to secure your place. […]
Nurse-led service transformation: A pathway to professional advancement – and better patient care
By Milica Zina Bojin (pictured), Nurse Consultant Urology at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust According to reports, the upcoming NHS People Plan will include ‘radical’ proposals to allow nurses to perform surgical procedures to ease the burden on under-pressure consultants. Under the new plan, aspirational nurses will be trained to become Surgical Care Practitioners, qualifying them […]
What will you do differently as a result of COVID-19?
By Ailsa Colquhoun, Care Home Management As the UK grapples with the ‘new normal’ of life with COVID-19, it’s possible to look back over the past few months and think about the many changes we have had to make in our lives. For many people, changes have revolved around getting to grips with home working: […]
apetito finds innovative way to support care homes – The apetiser takes to the road!
Looking to support the care sector during these uncertain times, leading food supplier, apetito, has looked to innovate in new ways of working. This week has seen the company launch the apetiser, an innovative mobile presentation suite which has been specially developed and fitted out to offer care homes the opportunity to enjoy socially distanced […]
Planning key to the development of London’s senior living sector
New research produced by property consultancy Knight Frank and law firm Irwin Mitchell concludes that London councils are overall underprepared to provide suitable housing for seniors, though there are some boroughs offering opportunities. The new research identified the ten opportunity areas ripe for development of seniors’ housing across England, distinguishing between areas where there is […]
Care homes ‘Should Act Now’ to employ EU workers post-Brexit
Expert immigration lawyers say tens of thousands of businesses including care and nursing homes could face a battle to register in time for the right to employ workers from the EU from 2021 – unless they act quickly and prioritise their planning now. As Priti Patel announced recently, the new Points Based Immigration system will […]
Do you specialise in Dementia care? We want to hear from you!
Each month on Care Briefing we’re shining the spotlight on a different part of the care sector – and in August we’ll be focussing on Dementia care. It’s all part of our ‘Recommended’ editorial feature, designed to help care industry professionals find the best products and services available today. So, if you’re a supplier of Dementia care solutions and would […]
Register today for the Care Forum – There are live & virtual attendance options!
The Care Forum is taking place on 5th & 6th October at Heythrop Park, Oxfordshire, as a hybrid event, which means we’re giving you the option of attending in person or via a video link. Physically, we have adapted the event layout to ensure we are abiding by the social distancing rule, and therefore ensuring the health, safety and […]
5 Minutes With… Neil Hargreaves, Care Homes Divisional Manager, apetito
In the latest instalment of our care industry executive interview series, we spoke to Neil Hargreaves, Care Homes Divisional Manager at apetito, about his company, industry opportunities, the challenges posed by COVID-19 and new technology… Tell us about your company, products and services? Readers may well be familiar with apetito, as the UK’s leading food […]
So, the NHS post-COVID-19 is better – really!
Stephen Boyle, TeleTracking UK’s Product Specialist, recently returned on a part time basis to front line Critical Care nursing at East Cheshire NHS Trust in response to Covid 19. Here he explains, how based on his experience, he doesn’t believe that the NHS has changed its operating model, despite a general consensus that it’s recently undergone transformational […]
