A “failure” to introduce “adequate” measures to protect care home residents from the “ravages” of Covid-19 is “one of the most egregious and devastating policy failures of recent times”, the
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Testing of care home residents and staff is to be expanded as part of research into the immune response of vulnerable groups to Covid-19. Some 14,000 staff and residents will
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A care home group has enabled almost 300 residents to be cared for by their family members through an enhanced visiting scheme that launched in August. Sunrise Senior Living UK
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Fifty-three people were discharged from hospital into care homes in Wales within 15 days of them receiving a positive coronavirus test, according to the Welsh Conservatives. The party said it
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Care homes will be given iPads to help residents keep in contact with family and friends, Nicola Sturgeon has announced. The Scottish Government will provide “one or two” tablets to
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A retired TV producer has blamed “monstrous” Covid-19 restrictions for isolating his wife who suffers from Alzheimer’s and causing her condition to deteriorate. Michael Blakstad, from Bishopstoke, Hampshire, said that
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All care homes will be able to allow visits before Christmas, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has pledged, amid criticism of delays in introducing visitor testing. Mr Hancock (pictured) said rapid
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A pilot where relatives of care home residents will be tested for coronavirus before visiting loved ones will start in days, the Government has said. Relatives of residents in 30
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A care home in Surrey has been fined more than £100,000 after a 92-year old woman was assaulted by another resident. Sunrise Operations Esher, the company that runs the home
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The case of a mother who was unable to see her son in adult residential care due to lockdown before he passed away has been raised in the Commons. Conservative
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