The latest care news (from our friends at Care Radio)
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Archbishop calls for society wide shift in support for unpaid carers
The Archbishop was responding during Carers Week to the report‘No Choice but to Care’
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Adult social care workers urged to share Covid stories
This will help the inquiry to identify areas for improvement when it begins the public hearings on the care sector in the summer of 2025
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Young Carers missing out on carer's allowance
Carers Trust estimates nearly 20,000 young adult carers are being forced to choose between education and financial support
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20% increase in those at risk from type 2 diabetes
The NHS is investing in a number of initiatives including the Diabetes Prevention Programme which has helped thousands of people stave off a type 2 diagnosis
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Black and ethnic minority people are underrepresented in virtual patient cohorts.
Targeted research needed to understand the barriers to access.
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NHS dental treatment has still not returned to pre-pandemic levels
The British Dental Association (BDA) has said the next government need to take on board the huge knock-on effects the crisis in dentistry is having across the health service.
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London councils object to relocation of specialist cancer service
Richmond Council has voted to request a review by NHS England
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West Lothian Council workers could trigger a summer of strike action
GMB Scotland said its members were being balloted on industrial action - with the first possible strike day falling on July 3.
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Care UK in Portsmouth to remember the hundreds of thousands of those who took part in D-Day
Along with the three forces’ charities and the Merchant Navy Association, more than 100 care homes will take part in the nationwide tribute.
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NHS and social care leaders could save £1 billion annually by adopting an AI-led home healthcare model
By reducing hospitalisations for older adults by 52-70%, this approach frees up over 1,210 hospital bed days monthly
The Latest National and International News
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Thousands greet sun with cheers at Stonehenge to mark winter solstice
Thousands of people greeted the sun with cheers and applause as it rose over Stonehenge at the winter solstice.
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Germany mourns victims after BMW driven into Christmas market
Germany is in mourning after a Saudi doctor drove a BMW into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing two people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities called a deliberate attack.
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Mandelson says it is great honour to be named UK ambassador to US
Lord Peter Mandelson has said it is a “great honour to serve the country” as the Prime Minister confirmed he had appointed him the next British ambassador to the US.
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Sue Gray among 30 new Labour peers
Sue Gray, the partygate investigator who went on to become Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, has been named among 30 new Labour peers.
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King jokes Im still alive during visit celebrating Walthamstow community
The King joked that he was “still alive” during a visit with the Queen to Walthamstow after August’s peaceful anti-racist protest in the area.
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Lord Mandelson good fit for ambassador to US Cabinet minister says
Lord Peter Mandelson is a “really good fit” to become the next UK ambassador to the US, a Cabinet minister has said as the Labour grandee is expected to be named to the post.
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PM urges councils to get on with fixing broken roads
Sir Keir Starmer has urged councils to “get on with the job” of fixing pothole-plagued roads.
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Two men have been charged with assaulting police after a disturbance at Manchester Airport
But no police officers will face charges over their role in the incident, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
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Four million people embarking on foreign festive trips
An estimated four million people in the UK are preparing to spend the Christmas and new year period overseas, according to a travel trade organisation.
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Disruptive pupils parents should be forced to co operate with schools report
Teachers should be given powers to compel parents of disruptive children to engage with them – tackling the “burgeoning crisis of behaviour” in schools, a report has said.
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