Care Radio

Care Radio is a dedicated 24/7 nationwide radio station using a mix of popular music, listener voices, experts, advocates and relatable presenters to deliver a positive message of support, comfort and companionship as well as light relief for care workers and their families.

It aims to support the emotional well-being of care workers by signposting the support available; sharing problems and concerns; lifting spirits with stories and celebrating achievements; and creating a feeling of not ‘being in it alone’.

The Local Media Network (LMN) work with the team at Care Radio to deliver their radio transmission, content, website and care news provision. Here are a few of their recent news stories:

• Archbishop calls for society wide shift in support for unpaid carers

  The Archbishop was responding during Carers Week to the report‘No Choice but to Care’

• Adult social care workers urged to share Covid stories

  This will help the inquiry to identify areas for improvement when it begins the public hearings on the care sector in the summer of 2025

• Young Carers missing out on carer's allowance

  Carers Trust estimates nearly 20,000 young adult carers are being forced to choose between education and financial support

• 20% increase in those at risk from type 2 diabetes

  The 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

• Black and ethnic minority people are underrepresented in virtual patient cohorts.

  Targeted research needed to understand the barriers to access.

• NHS dental treatment has still not returned to pre-pandemic levels

  The 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.

• London councils object to relocation of specialist cancer service

  Richmond Council has voted to request a review by NHS England

• West Lothian Council workers could trigger a summer of strike action

  GMB Scotland said its members were being balloted on industrial action - with the first possible strike day falling on July 3. 

• Care UK in Portsmouth to remember the hundreds of thousands of those who took part in D-Day

  Along with the three forces’ charities and the Merchant Navy Association, more than 100 care homes will take part in the nationwide tribute. 

• NHS and social care leaders could save £1 billion annually by adopting an AI-led home healthcare model

  By reducing hospitalisations for older adults by 52-70%, this approach frees up over 1,210 hospital bed days monthly

• 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.

• Software to reduce hospital waiting times will be rolled out across Scotland over the next year

  The national theatre scheduling tool improved operating room efficiency by up to 25%

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  I Have A Dream

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  In Our Element

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  Local Music Live

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  Network Rail

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  Fighting With Pride

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  Source To Sea

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  Coal's Last Chapter

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  Care Radio

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  Audio Content Fund

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  Stay Home Safari

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  Greenborne

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  Caring For Carers

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  Local Radio Day