The director of a group of care homes where 11 residents have died after contracting Covid-19 says she thinks the sector has been forgotten during a “horrendous” last three weeks.
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Care homes should not have to pay VAT for supplies of protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic, a union has said. Social care providers are being charged tax on personal
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It would be “unconscionable and unacceptable” for PPE supplies to be diverted from one part of the UK to another, Nicola Sturgeon said as she announced another 40 coronavirus deaths
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Around two-thirds of care homes run by Britain’s largest care home operator have cases of Covid-19, it has emerged, as pressure mounts on the Government over a growing crisis among
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Around half the deaths from coronavirus are happening in care homes according to data from five European countries collated in a new study. Data collected from official sources by a
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A care home in Scotland has become the fourth such facility to report deaths following suspected coronavirus cases. Five elderly residents have died at Almond Court in Drumchapel, Glasgow, in
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Care sector bosses have said daily death tolls are “airbrushing out” hundreds of elderly people who have died at care homes. Charity leaders have warned older people are dying in
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Social care staff are to receive a pay rise to equal the real living wage in Scotland. The announcement was made at the daily coronavirus briefing, chaired by Scottish health
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A third Scottish care home has experienced a deadly Covid-19 outbreak, with nine elderly residents reportedly dying from the virus. Staff at Tranent Care Home (pictured) in East Lothian, which
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Facebook is providing more than 2,000 of its Portal video call devices to care home residents and patients to help them connect with loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic. The
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