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The National Care Forum (NCF) – the leading association for not-for-profit social care – has responded to the publication of the Module 3 report of the Covid-19 Inquiry looking at the impact of the pandemic on the healthcare systems of the United Kingdom...

A former RAF nursing officer has celebrated her 101st birthday with a trip to the seaside.
Dorset lady Anne Burchell travelled from her Lymington care home, Colten Care’s Court Lodge, for lunch at the Pebble Beach restaurant in Barton on Sea.
After a scenic, six-mile drive along the coast. she and a friend, June Tipping, a former respite resident at the home, dined on lobster ravioli and pork belly in cream sauce....

Celebrations took place at care homes as residents marked the worldwide festive phenomenon of the annual feast day devoted to Ireland’s foremost patron saint, Patrick.
Colten Care homes in Dorset, Hampshire and West Sussex were among those to honour Celtic culture with storytelling, poetry, fiddle playing, quizzes, dressing up and traditional Irish dancing....

Patients and residents in care homes, hospitals and hospices will no longer be cut off from their loved ones unless in exceptional circumstances, under a government drive to strengthen visiting rights and end blanket bans.
Families and friends play a vital role in care, wellbeing and dignity – yet too many people have still faced unnecessary barriers to visiting, including being excluded from key decisions about their care....