A new six-week lockdown in Northern Ireland is “draconian but necessary”, the deputy First Minister has said. Stormont Executive ministers agreed to close non-essential retail and contact services, as well
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Scotland’s care watchdog has launched legal action which could force a care home to close over safety concerns. The Care Inspectorate said an inspection at Thornlea Nursing Home in Loanhead,
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Nicola Sturgeon has admitted more needs to be done to tackle drug deaths in Scotland as her Government was accused of cutting rehabilitation services “to the bone”. The First Minister
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More than a quarter of a million adults and children in England are homeless and living in temporary accommodation during the pandemic, according to a new report. Standing at 253,000,
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A computer glitch has reportedly meant 11,000 positive Covid tests in Wales from the past week were not counted in original figures. As cases continue to rise in Wales, the
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An 11-month-old girl who died in hospital was let down by “a gross failure to provide basic medical care” after she was injected with five times the required dose of
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Families should restrict their Christmas celebrations to enable care home residents to have visits in a “safer environment”, experts have warned. At a panel organised by the National Care Forum
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More than one in 10 care home staff say they are not receiving regular coronavirus tests, five months after a Government pledge, a survey has found. Some 11% of staff
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Queues of ambulances formed outside several hospitals in Northern Ireland as pressure continued to mount on the region’s over-capacity health service. The scenes unfolded as First Minister Arlene Foster participated
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One of Scotland’s largest independent care home operators is expanding following a £41 million backing from HSBC UK. Inverness-based, Meallmore Limited will use the funding to purchase two new sites
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