UK Covid Inquiry decision the ‘worst slap in the face’ for campaign group
A group set up to campaign for care home residents’ 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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Care England warns of possible ‘serious consequences’ as Covid testing ends
Covid testing in people being discharged from hospital to care homes should continue, a representative body has said as it warned of potentially “serious consequences” in ending the practice. The
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Sentencing of woman who killed care worker delayed as no ‘suitable’ secure hospital available
The sentencing of a woman who stabbed a care worker to death has been postponed as no “suitable” secure hospital has been found, a court has heard. Kellyanne McNaughton, 33,
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Thousands of HC-One care workers win improved sick pay rights – union
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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Care home visiting restrictions in pandemic ‘cruel and punitive’, inquiry hears
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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Police officers to appear in court over assault on disabled man in care home
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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Boris Johnson did not take Covid-19 ‘seriously’ early in pandemic, inquiry told
Boris Johnson was like the “absent manager” of a football team during the pandemic, a public inquiry has heard. Mark Drakeford, the outgoing Labour First Minister for Wales, heavily criticised
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Welsh care home testing delayed because UK Government ‘did not share’ – inquiry
The UK Government not sharing information led to delays in introducing testing for care home residents in Wales during the pandemic, an inquiry has been told. Vaughan Gething (pictured), the
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Age UK warns of risk to older people being unjustifiably deprived of liberty
Staffing and time pressures in social care risk the “nightmare scenario” that older people could be being unjustifiably deprived of their freedom, Age UK has warned in a new report.
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Care home Covid infections mainly spread by staff, inquiry told
Covid infection in care homes was mainly spread by workers, an inquiry has heard. Dr Chris Williams, a consultant epidemiologist for Public Health Wales, told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that
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