Care Radio News
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Archbishop calls for society wide shift in support for unpaid carersThe Archbishop was responding during Carers Week to the report‘No Choice but to Care’
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Adult social care workers urged to share Covid storiesThis will help the inquiry to identify areas for improvement when it begins the public hearings on the care sector in the summer of 2025
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Young Carers missing out on carer's allowanceCarers Trust estimates nearly 20,000 young adult carers are being forced to choose between education and financial support
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20% increase in those at risk from type 2 diabetesThe NHS is investing in a number of initiatives including the Diabetes Prevention Programme which has helped thousands of people stave off a type 2 diagnosis
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Black and ethnic minority people are underrepresented in virtual patient cohorts.Targeted research needed to understand the barriers to access.
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NHS dental treatment has still not returned to pre-pandemic levelsThe British Dental Association (BDA) has said the next government need to take on board the huge knock-on effects the crisis in dentistry is having across the health service.
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London councils object to relocation of specialist cancer serviceRichmond Council has voted to request a review by NHS England
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West Lothian Council workers could trigger a summer of strike actionGMB Scotland said its members were being balloted on industrial action - with the first possible strike day falling on July 3.
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Care UK in Portsmouth to remember the hundreds of thousands of those who took part in D-DayAlong with the three forces’ charities and the Merchant Navy Association, more than 100 care homes will take part in the nationwide tribute.
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NHS and social care leaders could save £1 billion annually by adopting an AI-led home healthcare modelBy reducing hospitalisations for older adults by 52-70%, this approach frees up over 1,210 hospital bed days monthly
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Number of people with pre diabetes has risen by 11% in Norther Ireland.
These new figures show nearly 200,000 people are living with, or at risk of diabetes.
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Software to reduce hospital waiting times will be rolled out across Scotland over the next yearThe national theatre scheduling tool improved operating room efficiency by up to 25%
Programmes coming up ..
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Matt Rosser10:00am - 1:00pm
Matt says: "people who care for us - in hospitals, homes, wherever care is needed - are people we are lucky to have. If we didn’t acknowledge it before, we certainly do now and we mustn’t stop".
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Martin Emery1:00pm - 4:00pm
Martin says: "when we think about it, we all probably know somebody - a friend, a colleague or family member - who provides care, either professionally or unpaid. Care Radio is for them."
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Matt Rosser
4:00pm - 7:00pm
Matt says: "people who care for us - in hospitals, homes, wherever care is needed - are people we are lucky to have. If we didn’t acknowledge it before, we certainly do now and we mustn’t stop".
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Alan Steadman's Jazz Waves7:00pm - 9:00pm
The very best of Jazz from across the years, presented by the longest standing jazz radio presenter in the UK.
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Peter Fairhead's Country Show9:00pm - 11:00pm
Peter says: "I'm absolutely delighted to be part of Care Radio, playing the music I love and have spent the last forty years presenting on the radio".
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Late Night Love Songs11:00pm - 1:00am
Two hours of perfect late night music from across the years, helping you to unwind with some "me" time.
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Alex Cann1:00am - 4:00am
Alex says "I have huge admiration for the care sector, which dates back to my own stint in Sheffield Children's Hospital in 1991 having a leg lengthening operation. The nurses were just fantastic, and I feel this is my opportunity to give something back to a profession that has faced unprecedented challenges over the last few years."
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Matt Rosser
4:00am - 7:00am
Matt says: "people who care for us - in hospitals, homes, wherever care is needed - are people we are lucky to have. If we didn’t acknowledge it before, we certainly do now and we mustn’t stop".
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Martin Emery
7:00am - 10:00am
Martin says: "when we think about it, we all probably know somebody - a friend, a colleague or family member - who provides care, either professionally or unpaid. Care Radio is for them."
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National & International News
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Jeremy Clarkson was accommodating and kind in surprise appearance on Car SOSCar S.O.S host Tim Shaw says people might be surprised by “how accommodating and kind” Jeremy Clarkson was during an episode of the vehicle repair show.
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Inquest findings in SAS shooting of four IRA men referred to prosecutorsA coroner who ruled SAS soldiers were not justified in killing four IRA members in a 1992 ambush in Clonoe, Co Tyrone, is to refer his findings to Northern Ireland’s Director of Public Prosecutions.
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Father of Southport victim to run London Marathon to fund new school play areaThe father of one of the three girls murdered at a dance class in Southport will run the London Marathon to help build a new school playground in her memory.
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Coroner to give conclusion at inquest into death of teenage soldierA coroner is to give his conclusion on Thursday at the inquest of a teenage soldier who was found dead after being “bombarded” with messages from her “psychotic and possessive” boss.
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Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford to cover for Rachel Riley on Channel 4s CountdownMathematician Dr Tom Crawford will stand in for Rachel Riley on Channel 4’s Countdown while she takes a short break to work on another project, it has been announced.
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Acid attack victim has eye saved by donated placentaAn acid attack victim has said he is “so thankful” after his was eye saved by a graft created from a donated placenta.
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First look at Rose Ayling Ellis in thriller about man hated by deaf communityA first look at a new BBC thriller about a “man who is hated within the deaf community” has been released.
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Ofgem reveals low or no standing charge energy tariff plan to help cut billsEnergy suppliers will be made to offer tariffs with low or no standing charges, allowing customers to pay the costs as part of their unit rate instead, under plans from regulators.
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Lord Hague warns of comfort blankets of cancellation in defence of free speechLord William Hague vowed to champion free speech and warned against “comfort blankets of cancellation” as he was officially admitted as the 160th Chancellor of the University of Oxford.