Care UK

Children left their mark on the history of Orpington when they named units at Care UK’s newest care home and buried a time capsule in the grounds.

Christmas is just around the corner but with so many other demands on our time who has spared a thought about what they can do to keep everyone healthy and safe during the holidays?

Two Newcastle NHS GP surgeries will be changing their opening hours in response to feedback from patients and the local community.

Colleagues and residents at Care UK’s Station House care home have an extra special reason to celebrate this Christmas thanks to some happy news for one of their team.

102-year old Farm Lane resident Lilian Davis joined the hundreds of shoppers and some of Chelsea Football Club’s greatest stars to officially launch the festive season in Fulham.

Abigail Burrows, from Rotherham, has become the first radiology care assistant to qualify in carrying out specialist bone density scans for Care UK, cutting waiting times and boosting the number of local people receiving the crucial scans.

Today’s news that last year, 29 per cent of hospital beds were taken up by people who didn’t need to be there, should be a wake-up call that this country is still not getting enough integration between health and social care.

An NHS health centre in Rochdale is believed to be the first in the UK to perform cataract surgery in a non-hospital, community-based setting.

Support worker Muayyd Mohammed, who cares for older people in the Ipswich area, has won a national competition to design Care UK’s 2012 Christmas card.

An annual awards ceremony has seen Care UK colleagues awarded for their dedication, hard work and achievements.