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A new £1.4m facility for children with special education needs and disabilities (SEND) has officially opened at Redruth School.
Residents and staff from Bridgwater’s Avalon Nursing Home were among the crowds enjoying the annual Bridgwater Fair.
Care homes across the county are being offered up to £10,000 to introduce acoustic monitoring systems – an innovative approach that uses AI, sound and motion-based technology to boost resident safety and well-being.
In 2019, when Bristol couple Sarah and Matthew had been trying to conceive for two years without result, they sought fertility advice from their GP and were relieved to be taken seriously, referred for initial blood tests and very pleased to discover they qualified for NHS funding for investigations and possible treatment.
National law firm Clarke Willmott LLP is supporting survivors of catastrophic injury during Major Trauma Awareness Week this week.
Families with children who have special educational needs and disabilities are invited to take part in a live online session titled “Let’s Talk SEND.”
The former Deer Park Care Home in Holsworthy, which ceased trading at the end of March 2024, has been acquired by specialist dementia care providers Camelot Care.
Fertility nurse consultant, Paula Bot, a recent addition to the specialist fertility team at Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM), has quoted the opportunity to train the next generation of fertility nurses as one of the highlights of her new role.
Popular Plymouth pub The Anchorage provided a ‘dementia day’ with a difference by putting on an Alice In Wonderland themed ‘Mad Hatters’ Tea Party’ to the delight of its patrons.
A popular event which sees the beautiful gardens at St Peter’s Hospice open to the public, is returning this September for the first time in four years.
The deputy manager of a Taunton care home says she is “not nervous, but excited” about the charity skydive she plans to do with a colleague at 10am on 12 September in a bid to raise money to help their home buy a minibus for residents living with dementia.
Staff and residents at a Taunton dementia care home who have been busy creating a tranquil and productive garden are now offering to share it with other local people living with or caring for someone with dementia at a free new dementia café they have set up.
Bristol charity St Peter’s Hospice has launched its ‘Sustainable September’ campaign which includes two exciting shopping events designed to provide an alternative to the fast fashion trend.
A care-worker and a nurse from St Benedict’s Nursing Home in Glastonbury have been fundraising for charity by testing their personal limits with feats of courage and endurance.
Residents of a dementia care home in Plymouth were charmed to receive a visit from two Macaws, brought in to visit them by Adrian Lowther of Plymouth Parrots
