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Slough care provider turns around rating after CQC warning notices

A care provider in Slough has had its rating bumped up – having improved significantly since last year when it was subject to warning notices from the care watchdog. Independent Supported Living and Disabilities Ltd (also known as ISLAD), based in ...

10 Oct 2025 at 16:30

Wexham Park: inside a hospital ‘on the frontlines’ of the war against superbugs

“The threat that we're facing, it's often termed the silent pandemic,” said Dr Manjula Meda, a microbiologist and infection control doctor at Wexham Park Hospital. It is a quiet Tuesday morning in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU). But, ...

08 Oct 2025 at 17:00

Handling of closure of vulnerable adult day centre branded ‘a disgrace’

Bucks councillors looking over the decision to close Burnham Short Breaks day centre have said they are ‘very dissatisfied’ with how things have been done. Last month, the council’s cabinet voted through proposals to close this service and ...

06 Oct 2025 at 14:36

ICBs enter clustering arrangement to prepare for new Thames Valley ICB

Inflationary pressures have ‘exacerbated’ the financial strain on healthcare services, NHS Frimley’s finance chief has said. Last month, board members at Frimley Integrated Care Board (ICB) were told of the financial challenges facing the ...

03 Oct 2025 at 23:31

Update: Care provider fights back against 'inadequate' rating

Update, October 16: A Slough home care service which was rated inadequate by the care watchdog has requested a review. Care Staff Services Ltd provides care to people in their own homes - including older people and people with dementia, ...

02 Oct 2025 at 17:01

Dogs in Cambodia bite back against rabies with help of Windsor canine carer

Windsor might not be the first place that springs to mind in the global fight against rabies. But Katie Dibley, a canine carer for Dogs Trust Harefield, has swapped the streets of Windsor for the bustling city of Phnom Penh to help ...

01 Oct 2025 at 09:45

Anger at Housing Solutions over year-long bedbug battle

Residents of a retirement home are infuriated with a housing association – believing that late action taking care of a bedbug problem has caused it to spiral out of control. Maudsley House in Ray Street, Maidenhead, provides extra ...

27 Sept 2025 at 09:00

'Leaving a legacy': the lasting impact of wills on charities and families

Donations left in wills are a vital source of funding that allows charities like Thames Hospice to continue to deliver their services. The Advertiser has looked at how people choosing to ‘leave a legacy’ helps support hospice ...

27 Sept 2025 at 06:06

Bucks pledges to boost autism support after care services rated Good

Buckinghamshire Council’s adult social care services have been rated ‘Good’ for how well it organises, oversees, and supports adult social care across the county. The local authority area covers South Bucks (including Dorney,...

23 Sept 2025 at 15:44

Coroner to write letter of concern after patient's death at mental health clinic

A coroner will write a letter of concern to the new operators of a private mental health hospital in Oakley Green, following an inquest into a patient’s death in the clinic's grounds. Cressida Comyn, 39, was found ...

22 Sept 2025 at 17:29

NHS trusts covering East Berkshire ranked in reintroduced league tables

NHS trusts serving East Berkshire have been ranked against other healthcare services across England in reintroduced league tables. In November last year, Health Secretary Wes Streeting announced that NHS England ...

18 Sept 2025 at 17:30

Ambitious 24-hour-singathon will help 'turn lives around'

A lively 24-hour singathon at Windsor Boys’ School is hoped to raise enough money to keep a winter overnight homeless shelter running for an extra month. The event will spread across September 26-27, 5pm to 5pm,...

18 Sept 2025 at 10:40

Vulnerable patient was found dead in grounds of private mental health clinic, inquest hears

The body of a vulnerable patient was found in the grounds of a private mental health clinic in Oakley Green around an hour after she went missing, an inquest has heard. Cressida Comyn, 39, died at the Cardinal ...

16 Sept 2025 at 14:30

Volunteers wanted to support 'Talking Newspaper' for visually impaired people

A charity which reads the Maidenhead Advertiser to the visually impaired is looking for a new volunteer to run its website, among other duties. The Maidenhead and District Talking Newspaper Association makes ...

15 Sept 2025 at 13:16

Care home vows safety overhaul after watchdog warning

A Slough care provider has said it has done a full health and safety review after getting an ‘inadequate’ safety rating from the care watchdog. Windmill Care Centre, based at 104 Bath Road, offers ...

11 Sept 2025 at 17:00

New home care service will try to fill 'massive gap' between social care and NHS

New home care service to fill 'massive gap' between social care and NHS

A new home care service for Maidenhead and Windsor hopes to ‘bridge the gap’ between social care and NHS services by having a high proportion of medical professionals on its team. GoodOaks ...

11 Sept 2025 at 16:59

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