Mass coronavirus testing to help detect asymptomatic cases will be rolled out in 67 local authorities in England, the Health Secretary has confirmed. Matt Hancock told MPs that he had
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A care home has been inundated with interest from others around the UK after it built its own sealed visiting pod to allow families to safely see their loved ones.
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The Scottish Government is exploring whether a public inquiry into care home deaths during the coronavirus pandemic could cover all four nations of the UK, Nicola Sturgeon has revealed. Scotland’s
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A former Coronation Street actress, whose mother was arrested after they took her grandmother from a care home, has said she does not believe they put other residents at risk.
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A total of six residents have died at a care home amid a coronavirus outbreak. The operator of Caledonian Court care home in Larbert (pictured) said the deaths occurred in
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Opposition parties at Holyrood have united to demand the Scottish Government holds an immediate public inquiry into coronavirus deaths in care homes. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has repeatedly said such
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The Government has come under renewed criticism over the paucity of its guidance on safe visits to care homes as England enters its second national lockdown. Campaign groups and charities
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Close family and friends of care home residents will be allowed to continue visiting them during England’s second national lockdown. Government regulations state that such visits are an exception to
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The Old Vic is offering the UK’s care homes free tickets to its online festive show – a performance of A Christmas Carol starring Andrew Lincoln as Ebenezer Scrooge. For
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A ban on care home visits in the winter lockdown would violate the “fundamental human rights” of residents and their families, the National Care Forum (NCF) has told Matt Hancock
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