The Government must set out a “clear winter plan” to protect care homes, Labour has said, amid signs they are experiencing a rise in coronavirus cases. Action must not be
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Concerns are growing over an increase in Covid-19 cases in care homes, prompting the Government to send an alert to care providers to highlight the rising rates and to call
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Social care in England must be urgently reformed after the Covid-19 pandemic coupled with a chronic lack of investment “threatened to break an already fragile system”, a doctors’ union has
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A serial thief who repeatedly targeted hospitals during the national Covid-19 lockdown has been given a four-and-a-half year jail term. Wayne Bradley, 30, described by West Midlands Police as a
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The UK’s largest care home operator is facing claims for damages from families of residents who died with coronavirus. PBW Law is bringing a civil action against HC-One on behalf
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Robots could be introduced to help care for the elderly after a study showed they can improve mental health and have the potential to reduce loneliness in older people. The
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Care homes have said the need to restrict the movement of staff between homes to help limit the spread of coronavirus was “obvious” from March. Staffing is one of several
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More than 400 deaths involving Covid-19 occurred each day in UK care homes at the height of the coronavirus outbreak, new analysis shows. There were more than 3,000 care home
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Health Secretary Jeane Freeman refused to say if the owners of a care home hit by a Covid-19 outbreak in which 10 elderly residents died would make a profit, after
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A charity is mounting a legal challenge over the Government’s guidance on family visits to care home residents during the coronavirus outbreak. John’s Campaign is seeking a judicial review of
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