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Care home chief calls for end of isolation for people with asymptomatic Covid

By Tom Wilkinson, Reporter7th January 2022News England

The boss of a care home group with 2,300 staff said people with Covid who are asymptomatic should not be required to isolate. Tony Stein, chief executive of Healthcare Management

Half of care homes in Greater Manchester unable to accept new residents due to staff absences

By Kim Pilling, Reporter5th January 2022News England

Around half of care homes in Greater Manchester are unable to accept new residents due to Covid-19 staffing absences, latest figures show. Outlining the impact of the fresh wave of

Care staff shortages mean vulnerable adults are experiencing ‘lockdown by another name’

By Jemma Crew, Reporter5th January 20225th January 2022News England

Some of the most vulnerable people in society are experiencing “lockdown by another name” as care staff shortages mean they are increasingly unable to fully live their lives, a social

Engage: Integrating health and social care – seven steps for success

By Professor John Connolly, University of the West of Scotland5th January 2022Engage

The widespread deaths of the elderly in care homes that occurred as a result of poor decisions by government at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, revealed the lack of

Care group chairman calls for volunteer army to help out providers dealing with staffing crisis

By Jemma Crew, Reporter4th January 2022News England

A care group boss has called for the Government to set up an emergency volunteer army for social care amid fears that providers could run out of staff. Mike Padgham,

Call to prioritise home care staff testing with some ‘waiting more than a week’ for test results

By Jemma Crew, Reporter4th January 20224th January 2022News England

A home care chief has called for care workers to be prioritised when coronavirus tests are processed, as it emerged some carers are waiting more than a week for results.Dr

Government add care workers to shortage occupation list but only on temporary one-year visas

By Jemma Crew, Reporter24th December 2021News England

The Government is to relax immigration rules on care-worker jobs as the social care sector increasingly struggles to attract and keep staff. Care workers will be added to the shortage

More than half of care home staff in England not recorded as receiving Covid booster jab

By Jemma Crew, Reporter23rd December 2021News England

More than six in 10 care home staff in England have not received a booster jab, figures suggest, despite the ramping up of the vaccine rollout as Omicron spreads. Some

Social care leaders urge public to stay at home as sector deals with ‘national emergency’

By Jemma Crew, Reporter22nd December 2021News England

Social care bosses have made an impassioned plea for the public to stay at home “as much as they can”, as the sector experiences a “national emergency”. Vital care is

Almost two thirds of care home staff not recorded as receiving Covid booster

By Jemma Crew and Ian Jones, Reporters17th December 2021News England

Almost two thirds of care home staff have not received a booster vaccine – rising to three-quarters in London where Omicron is thought to be the dominant coronavirus strain, figures