Labour has demanded social care workers are urgently given the protective equipment they need to keep them safe from Covid-19. Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth (pictured) and shadow health minister
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Care homes could be priced out of sourcing personal protective equipment (PPE) by “unethical” suppliers seeking to cash in on the coronavirus crisus, one English provider has said. The Surrey-based
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Care providers are calling for the Government to give the green light for furloughed staff from other industries to work in care and still be paid, amid a worrying workforce
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Tattooists, nail bars and vets are among businesses across the country that have been asked to help protect carers by donating masks and gloves. Councils have issued pleas to firms,
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Emergency staff have been called in to a care home where almost two thirds of residents were showing coronavirus symptoms following two deaths. The Oak Springs care home (pictured) in
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Dozens of MPs are backing a fundraiser to secure £1 million for care workers who are forced to self-isolate during the coronavirus pandemic. The fundraiser has already seen more than
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Care workers and community nurses are still struggling to do their jobs safely and with adequate protective gear, with experts saying they are “frustrated at the lack of pace”. Weeks
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Care home bosses must make sure an elderly resident who cannot have visits because of the coronavirus crisis has “effective communication” with relatives, a judge has said. Mr Justice Hayden
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Retired care workers are being urged to return to help the social care sector through the coronavirus pandemic. Professor Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, has written to care
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Care staff are being told to self-isolate at their place of work if they test positive for coronavirus, leaving them with huge childcare and financial problems, according to a union.
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