Bolton

A supported living service for people with additional needs is in need of improvement according to the healthcare watchdog.

A spokesperson for the council, the owner of Bolton Cares, added: "We are aware of the findings of the latest CQC report. "The report acknowledges the positive improvement journey already underway within our supported living service in the six months prior to inspection, including the recent appointment of our new leadership team within the service. "The report recognises we promote a culture of person-centred care and highlights positive feedback received from the people supported and their families about their experience along with our robust safeguarding practices. "While we acknowledge that there is room for improvement in our service, we feel that many of the issues identified by CQC are reflective of the challenges brought about post-Covid and the resulting workforce shortages that have affected us and the wider health and social care sector adversely. A spokesperson for Bolton Cares, which is based at the Thicketford Centre in Tonge Moor, said: "We are understandably disappointed by the CQC rating of our supported living service in Bolton. A report reads: "We saw the provider promoted a culture of person-centred care with innovative and empowering support in supported settings where there was a strong registered manager presence.

Thomas Brown was born prematurely with his sister Mia at 24 weeks and five days and also has hydrocephalus, epilepsy and cortical visual impairment. The ...

“We have had a lot of support and so many offers of help and donations, and I don’t know what we would have coped. Thomas will have a lift that gets his wheelchair to the back garden where his outside therapy equipment will be and so they need some funds to help create a wheelchair friendly path, a lawn, rendering of their extension and the garage, where Thomas's equipment such as his adapted trike and buggy needs to come down and be rebuilt, as it floods, causing all of his equipment to collect water. He said: “The good news however is that thanks to lots of help from local people and businesses, by the end of April the internal work will be almost complete and so we plan to move back home on May 1. All of the changes have been designed to help Thomas as he grows into adulthood, and although many of the changes have been made, Ian says that following the impact of Covid, the cost-of-living crisis, supply chain issues, and the increase in the cost of materials, that they are in need of some extra funds for the outside. Thomas’s wet room will have a hoist and a changing bed due to the extra support he needs with still being in nappies, as well as also having a wash dry toilet, with a button he can tap with his foot, to help him clean himself. “And this is our home, and it has been two Christmases where we haven’t been at home, so we are looking forward to being back.

A Bolton institution, the Hills family have been running the fairs since 1901, making this their 122nd year. The fair returned to Queen's Park, where it has set ...

“This isn’t a full fair because the field was soft and we didn’t want to damage the field. We own more rides than anyone else in the North West. [food](/leisure/food_and_drink/) and drink available at the fair too.

The IV Access Team will use specialist equipment to insert tube lines into vulnerable patients veins to help them take IV drugs like antibiotics, chemotherapy ...

Divisional director of operations Ryan Calderbank said: “We are always looking for ways to improve the services we provide to our patients, and the new IV Access Team are a clear example of this. Divisional nursing director for diagnostics and support services Rick Catlin said: “The new IV Access Team is already making a huge difference for so many of our patients, helping them to be seen sooner and get home sooner. Officials at the trust hope that the new team’s efforts will be a significant boost to their efforts at clearing Bolton’s As well as inserting lines the team has also been working to provide training to other staff members to help them provide ongoing care. “They have reduced the workload on the anaesthetic department to give patients the service they deserve.” Consultant anaesthetist Dr Wyn Price said: “The IV Access Team have developed a team that is reactive to patients’ need for IV access and reduces patient discomfort, enables timely treatment and earlier discharge.

Bolton Wanderers lifted the Papa Johns Trophy at Wembley, beating Plymouth Argyle 4-0 by the largest-ever margin in the Final in front of over 70000 fans, ...

Despite the score-line, Argyle continued to press for a goal. Bolton went close to a third in the 20th minute as Ian Evatt’s side exploited the right channel once again. With 10 minutes on the clock, a well-worked move ended with the striker slotting home from close range after Dempsey fed Charles to make it 2-0.

They boarded coaches and left in cars in the early hours of Sunday morning. 34,000 Bolton Wanderers fans made the long journey to Wembley, but it was well ...

34,000 Bolton Wanderers fans made the long journey to Wembley, but it was well worth it. "It was a brilliant result and gave the travelling fans something happy to go home with." Never mind traffic jams on the M40, and £7 a pint, Bolton supporters revelled in the success of winning their first piece of knock-out silverware since 1989.

CHRIS WHEELER AT WEMBLEY: The late afternoon sunshine reflected off the white flags and jerseys of the Bolton fans as they celebrated at one end of Wembley.

‘The set-piece goals for the first and fourth were killers. ‘We said to the players at half-time that somehow we were still in this game. They were two goals down inside 10 minutes, which was all the more of a surprise considering Bolton hadn’t scored against Plymouth in their last five meetings spanning seven-and-a-half hours. Now there is a trust a belief and an honesty about us, and the fans have bought into it.’ They have been chasing automatic promotion for a while now, and anything less would be just as disappointing as this. Evatt wants to be back here again next month for the League One Play-off Final. ‘I want to apologise to our fans. We didn’t want it to go like that. There was a disconnect between the fans and the club. Along the way there has been some pain, hurt and suffering. Evatt broke off from the celebrations to embrace chairman Sharon Brittan. ‘When I first came here, the club was completely broken.

Bolton boss Ian Evatt says there is a "real connection" between the club and fans after their Papa Johns Trophy triumph over Plymouth.

"When so much hard work goes into rebuilding a football club that was completely broken you deserve days like this, and she certainly deserves days like this, as do the rest of the ownership group - they've been absolutely brilliant." "There's a phrase we use a lot around the club - life and football is a rollercoaster, but if you're going to be on the rollercoaster then the best you can do is sit at the front." "There was a disconnect between fanbase, town and the football club, and every club is the heartbeat of every community - when the club's doing well the rest of the community thrives.

Kyle Dempsey, Dion Charles, Elias Kachunga and Gethin Jones were on target as Bolton beat Plymouth 4-0 to lift the EFL Trophy at Wembley.

Thankfully, a new owner, Football Ventures, was found in the nick of time and harmony again reigns. Bolton’s turnaround from the brink of existence has been spectacular. Along the way there’s been some pain and suffering, but that’s football. It felt like the Bolton of old. “When I first came here the club was completely broken. No football match in Europe drew a bigger crowd this weekend than the 79,389 who filled Wembley Stadium.