A number of residents at a care home in Edinburgh have died after contracting suspected coronavirus. The BBC reported that 13 people at Guthrie House care home (pictured) have died.
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An alleged failure to test residents in a care home has been described as “shameful and unacceptable” by the Health Secretary. Speaking in the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Labour deputy leader
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There were more than a thousand coronavirus-related care home deaths registered up to April 10, up from 217 the week before, official figures show. Latest weekly figures from the Office
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A confidential support line has been set up for residential care staff working through the Covid-19 crisis. Child and youth charity Kibble has launched the helpline in response to the
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Care providers are reporting hundreds of coronavirus-linked deaths and several thousand cases in up to three quarters of their homes, suggesting the virus has spread further than the Government’s estimate.
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A total of 14 residents at two local authority-run care homes in Portsmouth have died after showing symptoms of Covid-19. Portsmouth City Council confirmed that nine residents of nursing care
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Deliveries of personal protective equipment (PPE) were “paltry” and became “haphazard” as the coronavirus outbreak worsened, according to a leaked letter from social care bosses. The letter to the Government
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Public Health England has said it is working to support a nursing home where 24 residents have died during the coronavirus outbreak, including eight who tested positive for Covid-19. Staffordshire
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Care home bosses have said they are “haemorrhaging money” in the coronavirus crisis and accused councils of not adequately supporting them with government cash. They said the lack of support
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A total of 16 people have died at a care home in South Ayrshire after a Covid-19 outbreak. The deaths at Berelands Care Home in Prestwick all took place after
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