A senior nurse who spent 40 days in a coma because of Covid-19 said she has “been given a second chance at life” after finally going home. Ayesha Orlanda, 52,
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Ministers and experts failed to recognise that care home residents were at risk from workers moving between homes and spreading Covid-19, England’s chief medical officer has acknowledged. Professor Chris Whitty
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Concerns have been raised over whether the Welsh Government and public bodies in Wales met their responsibilities to uphold the rights of older people during the coronavirus pandemic. Helena Herklots,
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Social care providers have accused the Government of “sidestepping” the issue of low pay for care staff, while professions covered by the public sector pay rise warned of a blow
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The Scottish Social Services Council has launched a new resource which showcases how the social service workforce has adapted, coped and excelled during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inspiring Care Stories brings
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The Covid-19 vaccine being developed at the University of Oxford is safe and induces an immune reaction, “encouraging” preliminary results of the study suggest. Researchers say their tests have revealed
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The Government has signed deals for 90 million doses of promising Covid-19 vaccines, with more in the pipeline. The latest deal is for vaccines being developed by an alliance between
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A cluster of coronavirus infections has been confirmed at an NHS Test and Trace call centre in North Lanarkshire. Measures have been brought in by the region’s health board to
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A Belfast nurse is heading up a new coronavirus isolation and treatment centre in the world’s largest refugee camp. Rachel Fletcher has been working in Cox’s Bazar area of Bangladesh
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The Government has admitted that England’s Covid-19 Test and Trace programme has broken a data protection law, according to a letter sent to privacy campaigners. The Department of Health and
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