Health and Social Care

COVID-19 Research – University of Glasgow project investigating the effects of COVID-19 on blood vessels and blood pressure receives Heart Research UK grant

13 April 2021

A project at the University of Glasgow that is aiming to better understand the effects that COVID-19 infection has on blood vessels and blood pressure has received a grant of £250,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.

Castlefield Community Centre hosts pop-up vaccination clinic

12 April 2021

Health and Social Care

The latest of several pop-up vaccination clinics across Buckinghamshire came to the Wycombe area over the weekend, this time setting up in Castlefield Community Centre to make it easier for members of the local community to get their jab.

Tony Hadley to judge Youth Concern’s #nosmileselfie photography competition

12 April 2021

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Aylesbury-based charity, Youth Concern is inviting young people across Aylesbury Vale to take part in its #nosmileselfie competition which will run for 4 weeks from Friday 9th April 2021.

Operation of the Adult Social Care Market

12 April 2021

Health and Social Care

Care England, the largest representative body of independent adult social care providers, has called for a spotlight on outcomes rather than processes in the way in which care is commissioned.

Dad who lost teenage son to brain tumour welcomes childhood cancer breakthrough

12 April 2021

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The father of a 13-year-old lost to a medulloblastoma brain tumour in 2017 has welcomed the news that scientists have found a new way to starve cancerous brain tumour cells of energy in order to prevent further growth.

Ofsted inspection of Buckinghamshire Children’s Social Care

12 April 2021

Health and Social Care

Ofsted inspectors visited Buckinghamshire on 24 and 25 February to carry out an unannounced visit and assess how the Council is running children’s social care services during the pandemic.