Social care is an “afterthought” for the Government and public, one care homes boss has said. Jeremy Richardson (pictured), chief executive of Four Seasons care homes, said the NHS would
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said deaths in care homes are not inevitable as new figures show they account for a third of all Covid-19 fatalities in Scotland, a rise
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Almost 300 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Northern Ireland’s nursing and residential homes, the Public Health Agency (PHA) said. NHS staff have been drafted in to bolster numbers and
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A number of residents at a care home in Edinburgh have died after contracting suspected coronavirus. The BBC reported that 13 people at Guthrie House care home (pictured) have died.
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An alleged failure to test residents in a care home has been described as “shameful and unacceptable” by the Health Secretary. Speaking in the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Labour deputy leader
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There were more than a thousand coronavirus-related care home deaths registered up to April 10, up from 217 the week before, official figures show. Latest weekly figures from the Office
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Care home bosses have asked for NHS volunteers to be redirected to help them deal with coronavirus. The sector has complained of being “ignored” amid claims the 750,000 people who
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Care providers are reporting hundreds of coronavirus-linked deaths and several thousand cases in up to three quarters of their homes, suggesting the virus has spread further than the Government’s estimate.
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A total of 14 residents at two local authority-run care homes in Portsmouth have died after showing symptoms of Covid-19. Portsmouth City Council confirmed that nine residents of nursing care
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Deliveries of personal protective equipment (PPE) were “paltry” and became “haphazard” as the coronavirus outbreak worsened, according to a leaked letter from social care bosses. The letter to the Government
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