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Covid-19 inquiry: Welsh Government response to care home threat was ‘inadequate’

By Rod Minchin, Reporter29th February 2024News Wales

Elderly residents living in care homes in Wales during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic were put at risk by the Welsh Government’s “inadequate” response to the threat posed

Coroner to examine seven ‘unnatural’ care home deaths during coronavirus pandemic

By George Thompson, Reporter5th February 2024News England

A coroner is to examine the circumstances that led to a number of deaths in a care home at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Some 11 deaths were reported

For as long as I live I will carry regrets over pandemic, Sturgeon tells Covid-19 inquiry

By The Press Association31st January 2024News Scotland

Scotland’s former first minister has said she will carry regrets over decisions taken during the Covid-19 pandemic “for as long as I live” in emotional inquiry testimony. Nicola Sturgeon appeared

I will regret Covid care home deaths for rest of my life, Freeman tells inquiry

By Rebecca McCurdy and Lauren Gilmour, Reporters29th January 2024News Scotland

Former health secretary Jeane Freeman has told the UK Covid Inquiry she will “regret for the rest of her life” care home deaths caused by Scottish Government decision-making. Ms Freeman

Staff whose mistreatment of vulnerable patients was exposed by documentary escape jail

By Tom Wilkinson, Reporter19th January 2024News England

Four staff members at a specialist hospital unit who were exposed by an undercover BBC Panorama documentary mistreating vulnerable patients have narrowly escaped jail. Whorlton Hall, a 17-bed independent unit

Lives could have been saved but for uncertainty caused by guidance, inquiry told

By Paul Cargill, Reporter18th January 2024News Scotland

Lives could have been saved in care homes in Scotland if it was not for the confusion caused by guidance issued in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, it

Short-term funding leaving social care in ‘sustained state of crisis’, report suggests

By Aine Fox, Reporter15th January 2024News England

Millions of pounds of funding into social care last year is said to have made no difference to the financial sustainability of the majority of providers surveyed for a report

Two charged over death of 84-year-old woman in care home plead not guilty

By Stephanie Wareham, Reporter12th January 2024News England

Two people charged in connection with the death of a woman at a care home in Derby have pleaded not guilty. Shirley Froggett, 84, died in October 2018 following a

DHSC announce new career path and qualifications aimed at boosting domestic care workforce

By Aine Fox, Reporter10th January 2024News England

New qualifications and investment in apprenticeships are among fresh efforts to boost the domestic workforce in social care in a Government bid to change perceptions of jobs in the sector.

Health Secretary’s claim on care worker visa change ‘beggars belief’ – care leader

By Aine Fox, Reporter15th December 2023News England

A care leader has questioned the Health Secretary’s claim that people within the sector are “broadly relaxed” about changes banning international care workers from bringing dependants when they come to

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Covid-19 inquiry: Welsh Government response to care home threat was ‘inadequate’

Coroner to examine seven ‘unnatural’ care home deaths during coronavirus pandemic

For as long as I live I will carry regrets over pandemic, Sturgeon tells Covid-19 inquiry

I will regret Covid care home deaths for rest of my life, Freeman tells inquiry

Staff whose mistreatment of vulnerable patients was exposed by documentary escape jail

Lives could have been saved but for uncertainty caused by guidance, inquiry told

Two charged over death of 84-year-old woman in care home plead not guilty

More than half of councils face insolvency over special needs spending – survey

Man with Down’s syndrome died after care worker ‘landed on him’ in swimming pool

NHS trust fined £1.6 million for ‘catalogue of failures’ that led to deaths of babies

Judge-led inquiry to be held into Nottingham attacks in ‘matter of weeks’, PM announces

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Tag: Care Homes

Covid-19 inquiry: Welsh Government response to care home threat was ‘inadequate’

Coroner to examine seven ‘unnatural’ care home deaths during coronavirus pandemic

For as long as I live I will carry regrets over pandemic, Sturgeon tells Covid-19 inquiry

I will regret Covid care home deaths for rest of my life, Freeman tells inquiry

Staff whose mistreatment of vulnerable patients was exposed by documentary escape jail

Lives could have been saved but for uncertainty caused by guidance, inquiry told

Short-term funding leaving social care in ‘sustained state of crisis’, report suggests

Two charged over death of 84-year-old woman in care home plead not guilty

DHSC announce new career path and qualifications aimed at boosting domestic care workforce

Health Secretary’s claim on care worker visa change ‘beggars belief’ – care leader