The Government is being urged to do more to help disabled people return to work after new research revealed concerns about the risk to their health. Scope is delivering a
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Care providers in England will receive more than half a billion pounds extra funding to help reduce transmission of Covid-19 during the winter, the Government has announced. The Infection Control
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she has “huge sympathy” for relatives unable to see loved ones in care homes. It comes after campaigners gathered outside Holyrood to call for
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Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has said she will “urgently” look into reports that families of adults with learning disabilities have been unable to see their loved ones for months due
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Coronavirus con artists who pose as contact tracers as part of a scam in which they ask people to pay money to get tested have been branded “truly and utterly
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Boris Johnson will face a grilling from senior MPs amid a warning that the “failure” of the test and trace system is placing huge pressure on the health service. The
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Suspected Covid-19 patients with acute medical needs and people in care homes will be prioritised under plans to ration coronavirus tests, Health Secretary Matt Hancock told MPs. NHS leaders have
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A new 400-bed facility will be built next to Wales’ largest hospital to manage any increase in Covid-19 cases this winter. The building, next to the University Hospital of Wales
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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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Addiction services in England are in desperate need of a funding boost amid a steep rise in higher risk drinking, the Royal College of Psychiatrists said. The number of people
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