A charity that combats social isolation and loneliness has seen around a 20-fold increase in people expressing an interest in volunteering during the coronavirus pandemic. Some 684 people registered interest
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The Government has denied that social care is being treated as a “Cinderella” service as organisations continue to report insufficient and delayed supplies of protective equipment. The Prime Minister’s official
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More people with medical conditions – making them particularly vulnerable to coronavirus – are being added to the Government’s shielding programme, the chief medical officer for England has said. Prof
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Questions remain over the UK’s coronavirus strategy in the absence of Boris Johnson as the Prime Minister was spending a second night in intensive care. Mr Johnson’s condition on Tuesday
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Pressure has been piled on the Health Secretary to ensure hospitals have the oxygen capacity required to help coronavirus patients suffering from the worst symptoms. The acting leader of the
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Missing out on vital care and being pushed to the back of the queue for life-saving treatment are concerning the 1.5 million Britons most vulnerable to contracting coronavirus, according to
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A care home has confirmed eight residents have died after showing coronavirus symptoms as it denied accusations of locking protective equipment away from staff. Management at Castle View Care Home
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The Sue Ryder charity is on the brink of closure and the country “will lose its hospices” without emergency funding, it has said. Without funds, the palliative care charity said
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Dominic Raab will take charge of the Government’s response to the coronavirus crisis after the Prime Minister was transferred to intensive care. Boris Johnson was admitted to intensive care on
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A care home worker who died after contracting coronavirus spent her life “serving the needs of the most vulnerable in society”, her family have said. In a statement released through
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