Two police officers have pleaded not guilty to assaulting a 93-year-old disabled man with dementia in a care home. Pc Stephen Smith, 50, and Pc Rachel Comotto, 34, (pictured) denied
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The social care sector was under-prepared for the Covid-19 pandemic as it was âalready in crisisâ, an inquiry has heard. Rozanne Foyer, general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress
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Care home staff were âvery scaredâ to go to work during the Covid-19 pandemic in case they brought the virus back home with them, an inquiry has heard. Paul Arkison
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A care home where staff were repeatedly physically assaulted by âdistressedâ residents and inspectors heard people being referred to by room numbers instead of names has been placed into special
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A group set up to campaign for care home residentsâ rights during the pandemic has said that not being made a core participant for the part of the UK Covid-19
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Covid testing in people being discharged from hospital to care homes should continue, a representative body has said as it warned of potentially âserious consequencesâ in ending the practice. The
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The sentencing of a woman who stabbed a care worker to death has been postponed as no âsuitableâ secure hospital has been found, a court has heard. Kellyanne McNaughton, 33,
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Thousands of care home workers have won improved sick pay rights, a union has announced. The GMB said 19,000 staff at HC-One have accepted a deal that gives them the
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Restrictions on families visiting their loved ones in care homes during the pandemic felt cruel and punitive, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has heard. The inquiry was told there had been
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Two police officers will appear in court charged with assaulting an elderly disabled man in a dementia care home. Pc Stephen Smith, 50, and Pc Rachel Comotto, 34, are charged
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