Questions are being asked about the involvement of health officials in England over the collapsed deal to supply Covid-19 testing equipment to the NHS in Wales. The row over testing
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Care homes could be priced out of sourcing personal protective equipment (PPE) by “unethical” suppliers seeking to cash in on the coronavirus crisus, one English provider has said. The Surrey-based
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Care providers are calling for the Government to give the green light for furloughed staff from other industries to work in care and still be paid, amid a worrying workforce
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Tattooists, nail bars and vets are among businesses across the country that have been asked to help protect carers by donating masks and gloves. Councils have issued pleas to firms,
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Emergency staff have been called in to a care home where almost two thirds of residents were showing coronavirus symptoms following two deaths. The Oak Springs care home (pictured) in
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Children living with domestic abuse should be classed as victims of crime, with levels feared to “grow sharply” during the coronavirus outbreak, the victims’ commissioner said. Dame Vera Baird said
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Dozens of MPs are backing a fundraiser to secure £1 million for care workers who are forced to self-isolate during the coronavirus pandemic. The fundraiser has already seen more than
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The family of a 13-year-old boy, the first known child to die in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus, said they have been left “beyond devastated”. Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab’s
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Care workers and community nurses are still struggling to do their jobs safely and with adequate protective gear, with experts saying they are “frustrated at the lack of pace”. Weeks
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Dozens of child poverty charities are braced to close within half a year if they are not able to replace funds lost due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Childhood Trust
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