Fees paid to conduct background checks are to be scrapped for those being recruited to fight the coronavirus outbreak. Disclosure Scotland, which carries out the protecting vulnerable groups (PVG) checks,
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The coronavirus pandemic represents God’s judgment after an “immoral and corrupt” Government legalised abortion in Northern Ireland, a DUP councillor has said. John Carson represents Ballymena, Co Antrim, which was
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A charity has launched the first free food delivery service for homeless people in the UK. Caring In Bristol has created Cheers Drive to provide restaurant-quality meals to the most
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Labour has demanded social care workers are urgently given the protective equipment they need to keep them safe from Covid-19. Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth (pictured) and shadow health minister
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Children stuck at home using the internet during lockdown is brewing a “perfect storm” for offenders to abuse online, the NSPCC has warned. The children’s charity is concerned that predators
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Questions are being asked about the involvement of health officials in England over the collapsed deal to supply Covid-19 testing equipment to the NHS in Wales. The row over testing
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Care homes could be priced out of sourcing personal protective equipment (PPE) by “unethical” suppliers seeking to cash in on the coronavirus crisus, one English provider has said. The Surrey-based
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Care providers are calling for the Government to give the green light for furloughed staff from other industries to work in care and still be paid, amid a worrying workforce
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Tattooists, nail bars and vets are among businesses across the country that have been asked to help protect carers by donating masks and gloves. Councils have issued pleas to firms,
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Emergency staff have been called in to a care home where almost two thirds of residents were showing coronavirus symptoms following two deaths. The Oak Springs care home (pictured) in
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