A third Scottish care home has experienced a deadly Covid-19 outbreak, with nine elderly residents reportedly dying from the virus. Staff at Tranent Care Home (pictured) in East Lothian, which
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Carers of autistic people with a limited understanding of social distancing have said they are being judged by the public and challenged by police when helping them with their daily
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Facebook is providing more than 2,000 of its Portal video call devices to care home residents and patients to help them connect with loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic. The
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Up to 16,000 nursing home residents in potential “petri dishes” of infection are at risk unless immediate coronavirus testing begins, healthcare workers in Northern Ireland have said. A total of
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A lack of protective equipment for nurses is “fundamentally compromising” the care they can give patients, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned. Nurses’ safety is also being put
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A care home worker’s sister has made a tearful plea after his death, urging people not to disobey the rules of the coronavirus lockdown. Queen’s Park Rangers fan Dean McKee
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Boris Johnson’s condition is “improving” and he is now “sitting up in bed” after spending two nights in intensive care with coronavirus, the Chancellor has said. Rishi Sunak said the
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Fifteen residents at a care home have died, five of whom had tested positive for Covid-19, Public Health England said. The deaths at the 69-bed Castletroy Residential Home (pictured) in
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Rock band the Manic Street Preachers have announced two arena shows to benefit NHS workers on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic. The Welsh group will perform at the
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Asylum seekers are living in poverty amid the coronavirus lockdown, and having to choose between buying food and medicine, a charity has warned. Campaigners have called on the Government to
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