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Award-winning dementia care providers Camelot Care have received the go-ahead from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to open their fifth specialist care home, Deer Park Nursing Home in Holsworthy, Devon, and expect to welcome their first residents in the next few weeks.
The College of Paramedics is proud to share the news that we have been granted permission to use the title ‘Royal’. The College will officially be known as the Royal College of Paramedics from January 2026 after constitutional changes and rebranding have taken place.
Camelot House and Lodge nursing home in Wellington, Somerset, has been awarded a prestigious 'Platinum' Gold Standards Framework (GSF) Quality Hallmark Award for the fifth time in recognition of the excellent end-of-life care it provides.
Sedgemoor Crematorium will soon become a ‘super venue’, enabling bereaved families to experience immeasurable personalisation to their loved ones’ funeral service.
Two South Gloucestershire friends are saddling up for a Bristol-to-Barcelona cycle ride in a tribute to a local man cared for at St. Peter’s Hospice.
Louise Brown, the world's first IVF baby, has joined a global initiative as an ambassador, helping to raise awareness of falling fertility rates and the need for better access to care. The 47-year-old from Bristol has joined the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS) as a champion for the organisation’s More Joy campaign.
When Katie Meacham and Elliot Curtis-Whitfield had difficulties conceiving a baby, 33-year-old Katie wasn’t surprised: she is among the 10 per cent of women in the UK living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and, in common with one in four PCOS sufferers, she also has an underactive thyroid.
Contracts have been exchanged to enable works to begin on a £15 million development at a town centre site in Weston-super-Mare.
The annual Glimmer of Light event, organised by Sunflowers Suicide Support and hosted at Bristol Memorial Woodlands, was described as “incredibly moving” after more than 40 people braved torrential rain and stormy weather to come together in remembrance of loved ones lost to suicide.
Making the most of the sunshine available between recent autumn showers, a choir made up of residents from a dementia care home in Wellington decided to hold their most recent weekly rehearsal in the garden, complete with sunhats, sunscreen and cool drinks to keep their vocal chords lubricated.
New research has shown hospital patients could reduce the carbon footprint and saturated fat content of their selected meals by up to almost a third – if the weekly menu featuring the same dishes is cleverly reorganised.
A ‘Walk for Wellbeing’ will showcase some of central Bristol’s most scenic sights next month while raising funds for the Hospitality Action charity.
