First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said deaths in care homes are not inevitable as new figures show they account for a third of all Covid-19 fatalities in Scotland, a rise
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Dominic Raab has condemned the Welsh Government for “abandoning” its target of 5,000 coronavirus tests a day. The Foreign Secretary – deputising for Boris Johnson as the PM continues his
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Almost 300 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Northern Ireland’s nursing and residential homes, the Public Health Agency (PHA) said. NHS staff have been drafted in to bolster numbers and
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A number of residents at a care home in Edinburgh have died after contracting suspected coronavirus. The BBC reported that 13 people at Guthrie House care home (pictured) have died.
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More must be done to protect frontline psychiatrists in the face of Covid-19, leading medics have warned. The Royal College of Psychiatrists called for better access to testing and personal
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An alleged failure to test residents in a care home has been described as “shameful and unacceptable” by the Health Secretary. Speaking in the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Labour deputy leader
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Health bosses have denied a report that transfers of patients with Covid-19 to the newly built NHS Nightingale in London were rejected due to a lack of nurses. The Guardian
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An independent inquiry must be held into the Government’s “shocking failures” and “slow response” to the coronavirus crisis, the Liberal Democrats have said. Sir Ed Davey, the party’s acting co-leader,
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There were more than a thousand coronavirus-related care home deaths registered up to April 10, up from 217 the week before, official figures show. Latest weekly figures from the Office
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A confidential support line has been set up for residential care staff working through the Covid-19 crisis. Child and youth charity Kibble has launched the helpline in response to the
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