A watchdog has launched legal action seeking to have a care home’s registration cancelled over “serious and significant concerns” about the quality of care. The Care Inspectorate said inspectors identified
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Since the beginning of the pandemic, a lot of attention in the UK has focused on the challenges of continuing to deliver healthcare. But a related field – social work
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More than a quarter of UK care home staff do not believe coronavirus vaccines should be mandatory for them to go to work, research suggests. Some 67% supported the Government’s
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Two doses of the Pfizer vaccine provided 97% protection against death with coronavirus in nursing home residents, according to a large study. Effectiveness against infection ranged from 80% for nursing
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A Nottinghamshire man was barred from visiting his mother in her care home after he raised concerns about her welfare, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found. The
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Researchers are trialling an artificial-intelligence system which they believe can diagnose dementia after one brain scan. Those involved in the work said being able to intervene earlier could help with
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A woman has claimed that her mother-in-law’s treatment in a care home during the Covid-19 pandemic was “tantamount to torture”, and that they were not told of her worsening condition.
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has today published data showing death notifications involving COVID-19 received from individual care homes between 10 April 2020 and 31 March 2021. This is accompanied by their CQC Insight
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Around 40,000 care home staff risk being lost as a result of introducing compulsory Covid-19 vaccinations in England and could cost the industry £100 million to replace, according to the
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Relatives of care home residents have said it is a “national scandal” that restrictions will continue in care homes while they will be torn up for the rest of society
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