The limit on how many named visitors a care home resident can receive will be lifted at the final stage of the road map out of lockdown, but some protective
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Care home visiting is unlikely to “completely go back to normal” following the final stage of the road map out of lockdown, the care minister has said. There will still
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Around one in four staff in older adult care homes in England eligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine have not had both jabs, new figures suggest. A total of 73.9%
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A watchdog is seeking to cancel the registration of a care home over “serious and significant concerns” about the treatment of residents. The Care Inspectorate had listed an improvement notice
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A care provider has been ordered to pay almost £100,000 after an 87-year-old woman suffered avoidable harm at its nursing home. Lanemile Limited, which runs Haven Lodge, Clacton-on-Sea, was fined
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The National Autistic Society (NAS) has told a family it is “very sorry” and agreed to pay them £70,000 after it was claimed a 54-year-old autistic man in their care
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A grandmother died in a private ambulance on a motorway hard shoulder after being driven more than 250 miles from her care home for out-of-area mental health treatment, an inquest
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Significant progress has been made in setting up a scheme to provide financial compensation to the survivors of historic in-care abuse, Deputy First Minister John Swinney said. He was giving
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Care home residents in England will be able to leave their home for more visits without needing to self-isolate for 14 days on their return, the Government has said. This
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Nearly one in three older adult care home workers in England have not been fully vaccinated against coronavirus, new figures show. The latest data from NHS England, published on Thursday,
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