Scotland’s rollout of Covid booster vaccinations for elderly care home residents is to get under way, while children aged 12 to 15 will be offered their first coronavirus jab. The
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Doctors are to use a remotely operated robot to give check ups to care home residents with Alzheimer’s disease and other conditions. The pilot will use technology pioneered by The
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A court has temporarily suspended a care home’s registration after a watchdog raised “serious concerns” about the quality of care. The interim suspension of the care provider’s registration at Singleton
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People in care homes are still “dying of loneliness”, actress Ruthie Henshall has said, as she called for visiting restrictions to be lifted. The West End star was one of
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Care homes will be forced to choose between dismissing unvaccinated staff and risking unsafe services, or breaking the law by keeping employees on, sector leaders have said, on the deadline
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Care home residents will be able to name a relative or friend who will still be able to visit even if there is a coronavirus outbreak in the home, the
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Two residents have died and others have tested positive amid a Covid outbreak at a care home. Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Care Partnership (DGHSCP) confirmed the outbreak happened
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Unions are warning of “catastrophic” staff shortages in care homes unless the Government scraps a deadline for workers in the sector to be vaccinated against coronavirus. Unison said ministers should
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Care home staff in England will be able to temporarily “self-certify” that they are medically exempt from getting a coronavirus vaccine, it has emerged. Pregnant care home workers will also
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A care home provider has been fined £363,000 after failing to protect a woman who was raped by another resident responsible for almost 80 “sexualised” and violent incidents. The firm,
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