The Archbishop of Canterbury has said he hopes for a Royal Commission into social care after the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking to BBC News, Justin Welby said he hoped there would
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The Government needs to invest money in children’s services to stop families reaching crisis point after coronavirus, a group of leading charities have warned. In a joint report by Barnardo’s,
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Residents in long-term care facilities account for up to half of coronavirus-related deaths in Europe, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe, said
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The NHS’s flagship Nightingale pop-up hospital is operating at roughly one per cent of its capacity because it does not have the staff required to expand the number of patients
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A 17-year-old boy has been charged with 16 sexual offences following allegations of abuse at a nursery in Devon. Devon and Cornwall Police launched an inquiry after receiving information relating
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A psychologist who briefly worked with convicted fantasist Carl Beech is suing the Mail on Sunday over “serious defamatory allegations” that she “gave legitimacy” to his false claims of a
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As part of a wider plan to attract more staff into the adult social care sector, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced a new national recruitment campaign
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock has promised to address the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on care homes as England’s chief medical officer admitted there would likely be a “high mortality rate” in
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British firms are set to send tens of thousands of items of vital personal protective equipment (PPE) to Europe rather than the NHS due to a “lack of response from
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Care homes are struggling to obtain personal protective equipment and facing exponential price hikes as they fight to secure supplies for frontline carers, experts have warned. It comes as an
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