Engage: Integrating health and social care – seven steps for success
The widespread deaths of the elderly in care homes that occurred as a result of poor decisions by government at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, revealed the lack of
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More than half of care home staff in England not recorded as receiving Covid booster jab
More than six in 10 care home staff in England have not received a booster jab, figures suggest, despite the ramping up of the vaccine rollout as Omicron spreads. Some
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Man locked up in hospital indefinitely over ‘wicked’ care home killing of 93-year-old widow
A man who beat a 93-year-old widow to death at a care home has been locked up in hospital indefinitely. Alexander Rawson, 63, used a crutch to attack “kind and
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Regulator warns care homes ‘must not impose blanket visiting restrictions over Christmas’
Care homes have been warned not to impose blanket visiting restrictions over Christmas, after campaign groups raised the alarm over some homes pausing or limiting visits. The Care Quality Commission
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Almost two thirds of care home staff not recorded as receiving Covid booster
Almost two thirds of care home staff have not received a booster vaccine – rising to three-quarters in London where Omicron is thought to be the dominant coronavirus strain, figures
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Sturgeon announces two household limit for care home visits amid new restrictions to combat Omicron
Nicola Sturgeon has urged people across Scotland to limit their socialising to three households before and after Christmas to help combat the “exponential” rise of the Omicron coronavirus variant. Scotland’s
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Engage: Bafta winner on ‘raw’ interviews with care home staff who carry burden of the pandemic
Screenwriter and playwright Jack Thorne has said the care home workers he spoke to while researching his drama Help were the “rawest” people he has ever heard. And he feels
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Hospital apologises after feeding tube removed without telling elderly patient’s family
Hospital bosses have apologised after medics removed a feeding tube from a sick elderly woman without telling her relatives or seeking a judge’s approval. A lawyer representing the London North
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‘Very likely’ care homes will be forced to operate three-visitor limit as part of Plan B
It is reportedly “very likely” care homes in England will be forced to operate with a three-visitor limit under Government plans to limit Omicron’s spread before Christmas. Rising cases of
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Two drug addicts jailed for robbery and manslaughter of ‘very lonely’ pensioner
Two drug addicts have been jailed for the manslaughter of a “lonely” 75-year-old man who they attacked in a bid to steal his bank card before having sex in his
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