A care provider group is calling on the Government to reverse an “extraordinary” decision to allow health inspectors into care homes without regular coronavirus testing. The National Care Forum (NCF)
Read More
Official inspections of health and care organisations should not resume until after winter, the NHS Confederation has said. Routine inspections were paused during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic to
Read More
Five patients on a cancer ward in Northern Ireland have tested positive for Covid-19. It is the second cluster of infections at Craigavon Area Hospital in Co Armagh. A member
Read More
More support has been urged for women working in healthcare after a survey found almost three-quarters of staff suffered a greater negative impact than usual on their emotional wellbeing as
Read More
The NHS Test and Trace system has faced fresh criticism for a flaw in its online booking system which tries to direct people to test centres more than 100 miles
Read More
Restrictions have been placed on care homes across Tayside as authorities try to stem the spread of a coronavirus outbreak. Indoor visits to the premises are due to restart across
Read More
The eviction ban has been extended for four weeks and landlords will have to give the majority of tenants six months’ notice to protect vulnerable renters hit by the coronavirus
Read More
Families who lost loved ones to Covid-19 while they were working on the front line could be stripped of their social security payments, it has been claimed. Under the NHS
Read More
People will be allowed to visit relatives and friends inside care homes in Wales next week if coronavirus conditions “remain favourable”, the Welsh Government has said. Indoor visits to care
Read More
Government officials are not involved in decisions to discharge Covid-19 positive patients from hospitals to care homes, the First Minister has said. Nicola Sturgeon was pressed on the issue by
Read More