The manager of a care home where 10 residents have died has questioned the accuracy of coronavirus testing, but welcomed Government plans to offer more tests to the sector. Anita
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A care home provider said it is paying five times the usual amount for face masks, while local authorities continue to struggle to get enough protective equipment. Methodist Homes (MHA)
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New measures will be taken to protect patients in care as it was revealed a quarter of deaths involving Covid-19 in Scotland have been in care homes. First Minister Nicola
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All care home residents and social care staff with Covid-19 symptoms will be tested for the virus as capacity increases, the Government has pledged. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he
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A care home nurse who died after contracting Covid-19 has been described as a “wonderful human being” by her colleagues. Rahima Bibi Sidhanee (pictured), who had worked at Grennell Lodge
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The director of a group of care homes where 11 residents have died after contracting Covid-19 says she thinks the sector has been forgotten during a “horrendous” last three weeks.
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It would be “unconscionable and unacceptable” for PPE supplies to be diverted from one part of the UK to another, Nicola Sturgeon said as she announced another 40 coronavirus deaths
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Around two-thirds of care homes run by Britain’s largest care home operator have cases of Covid-19, it has emerged, as pressure mounts on the Government over a growing crisis among
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Around half the deaths from coronavirus are happening in care homes according to data from five European countries collated in a new study. Data collected from official sources by a
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A care home in Scotland has become the fourth such facility to report deaths following suspected coronavirus cases. Five elderly residents have died at Almond Court in Drumchapel, Glasgow, in
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