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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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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Healthcare workers need clarity from ministers about what risks they should not have to take if they do not have adequate personal protective equipment, the British Medical Association has said.
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock has written an open letter of thanks to social care workers for everything they have done in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Mr Hancock, who is
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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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A home care company has announced the creation of 10,000 new jobs to help battle the coronavirus pandemic – and wants those facing redundancy to apply. Cera, which was only
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A UK care home provider is recruiting 3,000 staff to help its frontline teams cope with the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic. Amid job uncertainty within scores of industries affected
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Frontline health and social care staff, people involved in food production and delivery, and utility workers are among a list of workers deemed “essential” to the Covid-19 response. The Government
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