Health and social care workers should be tested “routinely” and on a “mass scale” for coronavirus regardless of whether they have symptoms, according to a panel of experts. Specialists in
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A care home manager has described the difficulties in sourcing personal protective equipment (PPE) as a new London-wide procurement scheme is launched to provide kit for frontline workers at risk
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Coronavirus in care homes will be thrust into the spotlight again amid reports ministers knew a month ago that temporary workers were helping spread the killer disease. Care chiefs will
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Regular yoga practice may help reduce depressive symptoms in people with other mental health disorders, a new study suggests. The findings, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, is
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A multimillion-pound Government fund will be used to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) who need vital support during the Covid-19 crisis. The Government will allocate £10
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Private care home staff in Scotland are “terrified” to be tested for Covid-19 due to fears they will suffer financially due to self-isolation, a union leader has claimed. Speaking on
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Over 70s have been urged to take “simple steps” to safeguard their emotional wellbeing during lockdown. Age UK said that the sudden changes to the livelihoods of older people have
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The Government has “no current plans” to exempt foreign care workers from the NHS surcharge, the Foreign Secretary has said. Under immigration rules, workers coming to the UK from outside
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has said he hopes for a Royal Commission into social care after the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking to BBC News, Justin Welby said he hoped there would
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The Government needs to invest money in children’s services to stop families reaching crisis point after coronavirus, a group of leading charities have warned. In a joint report by Barnardo’s,
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