People aged 65 and over can now book their Covid-19 booster jab online or via 119. The NHS is also offering appointments to carers and pregnant women as the vaccine
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A blind cancer patient died after falling from the balcony of his flat in an assisted care complex, a pre-inquest review has heard. The body of Mark Williams was discovered
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Elderly care home residents are among the first in Scotland to receive their Covid-19 and flu vaccines as a winter booster programme is launched. On a visit to the Victoria
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Thousands of beds in shelters and new supported living accommodation in England will be provided as part of a landmark strategy to help the Government meet its manifesto pledge to
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Hundreds of thousands of care home residents, staff and housebound people in England will receive their autumn coronavirus vaccine booster from Monday, with millions more people in line in the
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Keyboards have helped to strike a memory chord and light up dementia patients’ faces with smiles. Casio gave lighting key keyboards to some of care provider Methodist Homes’ (MHA) dementia
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Hospital patients who are medically fit to be sent home have been forced to wait at hospital for months on end while provisions are made to get them safely home
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Homeless people are missing out on vital, life-changing care because specialist accommodation is “sadly lacking”, a charity has warned. Significant levels of care needs within homelessness services, and among people
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Covid-19 testing among NHS and care home staff with no symptoms in England is to be “paused” at the end of August, officials have announced. The Department of Health and
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New plans are being considered to recruit foreign workers for the UK’s care homes amid concerns about staff shortages this winter. A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said:
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