Downing Street has urged care home staff to get vaccinated after it emerged that around a third of social care staff have not received a coronavirus jab. There is no
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There is “a lot of work” to be done to encourage social care staff to get a coronavirus vaccine, a care chief executive has said. Mark Cunningham, chief executive of
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A grandmother died in agony after suffering huge pressure sores at a scandal-hit nursing home, an inquest has heard. Evelyn Jones, 87, developed sores across her lower back, described by
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Care home staff were left without personal protective equipment (PPE) during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic because the Government decided to prioritise the NHS, MPs have said. The
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The Government is launching an urgent campaign to recruit more social care staff in England to fill gaps left by staff forced to self-isolate due to the pandemic. The Department
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Staff at a scandal-hit nursing home have told an inquest how elderly residents were humiliated and suffered poor standards of care. Seven residents who lived at Brithdir nursing home in
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More than a hundred care homes in England have not been able to receive coronavirus vaccines because they have current outbreaks, the Health Secretary has said. Matt Hancock said there
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Some care home staff are refusing the Covid-19 vaccine because of “cultural issues”, the National Care Association’s executive chairman has said. Nadra Ahmed said a lack of access to the
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Efforts to vaccinate care workers should be stepped up, industry leaders said as the Government claimed a “crucial milestone” had been reached with all older care home residents in England
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An elderly nursing home resident was so neglected by staff that he was left looking like an inmate in a prisoner of war camp, his daughter told an inquest. Stanley
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