The care sector should adopt a similar system to the NHS to prevent more deaths, Unison said, as it published a new strategy. The UK’s largest trade union said the
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Care home staff are increasingly struggling with mental health problems and feeling burnt out, anxious and guilty as they work through the coronavirus pandemic, a charity has warned. Calls to
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Thousands of care workers in Wales will pay tax and National Insurance contributions on a £500 bonus given to them for their work during the coronavirus pandemic. First Minister Mark
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During the COVID 19 pandemic there has been publicity in abundance about maintaining our physical health. We have been given copious amounts of public health advice and measures have been
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The creators of a website paying tribute to health and care workers who have died with Covid-19 are appealing to people to share their memories of them. So far, 181
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Half the public believe the Government did not prioritise care homes enough as the Covid-19 pandemic started, a survey suggests. Research by the Fawcett Society among more than 2,000 adults
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Overseas health and care staff will be exempted from the fee levied on migrants to pay for the NHS in a U-turn from Boris Johnson which came after mounting pressure
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One of the UK’s largest care home providers will now give full pay to workers self-isolating as they wait to be tested for coronavirus. HC-One staff members were told of
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Boris Johnson has refused to scrap a charge on overseas health workers for using the NHS, claiming the Government would struggle to find alternative sources of cash. Labour leader Sir
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Families and dependants of migrant NHS support staff who die as a result of contracting coronavirus will be granted indefinite leave to remain, the Government has announced. It follows criticism
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