A third of people with dementia feel apathetic and want to give up after deteriorating mentally and physically during the coronavirus lockdown, research from a charity suggests. A similar proportion
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A second wave of coronavirus infections this winter could be more serious than the first, with 120,000 hospital deaths in a “reasonable worst-case scenario”, scientists advising the Government have warned.
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Liverpool Women captain Sophie Bradley-Auckland is putting her football career on hold to reduce the coronavirus risk posed to the care home she manages. As well as playing for the
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A cluster of coronavirus cases has been identified at a care home in Glasgow, Nicola Sturgeon has announced. Speaking at the Scottish Government’s briefing on Monday, the First Minister said
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The UK is among the countries to have recorded the highest number of health and social care worker deaths during the coronavirus crisis, according to a report by Amnesty International.
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Families will soon be able to start visiting relatives in care homes in England again, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said. Mr Hancock said the Government would be setting out
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A lack of joined-up health and social care services led to an increased number of older people dying during the coronavirus pandemic, a charity leader has said. Untrained care staff
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Wearing a face mask is not a “magic bullet” in preventing the spread of coronavirus, the First Minister of Wales has said. Mark Drakeford (pictured) said the Welsh Government would
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Care homes were “badly let down” by the Welsh Government during the coronavirus pandemic, a report has found. The Welsh Parliament’s health committee said ministers were too slow to launch
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The Prime Minister has said the last thing he wanted to do was blame care workers when he said “too many” care homes had not properly followed procedures, but refused
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