Patients in NI dying in hospital while waiting to be discharged due to lack of community care packages, national charity unveils
More than 200 patients died in Northern Ireland’s hospitals in 2017-18 while waiting to be discharged, Marie Curie has revealed. The terminal illness charity has…
Patients spend millions of unnecessary days in hospital, charity says
A new analysis of NHS figures by charity Marie Curie shows that patients in England spent million unnecessary days in hospital in 2018. NHS England’s…
New £25 million veterans’ Buckinghamshire care home welcomes first resident
The Royal Star & Garter Home in High Wycombe has welcomed its first resident. David French was greeted by Home Manager Chelle Daly as he…
Scottish MP blown away by innovative care system
Humza Yousaf MSP has described how he was ‘blown away’ by a pioneering care system designed by charity Blackwood after testing it out first hand…
Care home staff and volunteers come together to clean up local stream
Staff at The Royal Star & Garter Home in High Wycombe have helped clean up a stretch of the Hughenden Stream, which is based in…
New modern sensory cushion to provide “age-appropriate” design for those living with dementia
A new sensory cushion, designed to address feedback of sensory products being “too childlike,” has been launched by charity Designability after collaborating with unpaid carers,…
Charity’s annual conference discusses the benefits of assistive tech for children in hospices
Children’s hospice staff from across the country have been given invaluable tips and training by assistive technology charity Lifelites at its biggest ever annual conference.…
The Royal Star & Garter Homes names floors after local heroes with new multi-million-pound care home opening
The four heroes The names of military heroes set to be immortalised at The Royal Star & Garter Home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, have been…
Seashell Trust wins national accolade for transforming the lives of young people with speech, language and communication difficulties
A national charity dedicated to providing creative, happy and secure environments for children and young people with complex and severe learning disabilities, the Seashell Trust…
Care provider commended by Scottish Government for technology enabled care system
Simon Fitzpatrick, Strategic Development Director at Blackwood A leading housing and care provider has been praised by the Scottish Government for its commitment to digital…