There have now been more deaths related to Covid-19 in care homes than hospitals in Scotland, according to latest figures. National Records of Scotland (NRS) statistics show there have been
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Thousands of care workers in Wales will pay tax and National Insurance contributions on a £500 bonus given to them for their work during the coronavirus pandemic. First Minister Mark
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As many as one in five coronavirus swab tests could give false negative readings, MPs have heard. Baroness Dido Harding, head of the NHS Test and Trace programme, was challenged
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The UK’s coronavirus death toll passed 50,000 and the country was warned to be braced for “many job losses” as the human and economic cost of the outbreak became clearer.
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Plans to overhaul social care in England and Wales could be stalled due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Government has suggested. Prime Minister Boris Johnson had pledged to announce changes
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Fewer than 2,000 people were contacted in the first four days of the NHS Test and Trace scheme, according to a leaked copy of data. The Government has yet to
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A number of newly employed contact tracers have raised questions about the Government’s new programme for tracking coronavirus cases after reporting having nothing to do for days. As many as
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A legal claim has been filed in the High Court against Health Secretary Matt Hancock over the Government’s decision not to make public the full findings of a 2016 drill
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Controversy over the “ill-judged” actions of Dominic Cummings has damaged public messaging about complying with coronavirus rules in Northern Ireland, Stormont’s health minister has warned. Robin Swann (pictured) urged people
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Wales’s health minister has said he would resign if he drove to the other side of the UK during lockdown like the Prime Minister’s senior adviser Dominic Cummings. Vaughan Gething
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