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Today the Government announced £300m additional funding for local authorities to support the new Test and Trace Service, allowing them to develop and action their plans to reduce the spread of the virus within their areas.
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– 6,500 care homes totalling 140,000 beds at risk of closure –
– Covid-19 has accelerated need for investment into UK healthcare property sector –
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Deaths in social care settings from coronavirus have demonstrated the urgent need for a complete overhaul of the care system straightaway, campaigners said today.
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Innovative medicine with promising results in clinical trials to be made available to selected UK COVID-19 patients
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A Droitwich care home has received messages of support for the carers from its local NHS neighbourhood team.
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Staff at Borough Care’s eleven homes for older people across Stockport have been working tirelessly to support residents during the current coronavirus
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Complex needs care home provider Exemplar Health Care is launching its first care home in the North East this summer, following a £2m investment.
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The government has extended its bereavement scheme to include care staff, all NHS support staff and carers.
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Mental health, ambulance, social care, learning disabilities, autism and dementia charities are among those set to receive millions of pounds in Government funding, Health Minister Nadine Dorries has announced today.
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The Government has announced that NHS staff and care workers from overseas are to be exempt from paying a surcharge to use the health service. It also said
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have spoken to care workers from across the UK to hear about their experiences of providing care during the coronavirus outbreak, and to thank them for their tireless efforts to continue to look after the most vulnerable in our society.
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A social care leader is demanding a public inquiry into the lack of Covid-19 testing which turned some care homes into “coronavirus warzones”.
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Residents at HC-One’s Summerhill care home in Kendal were the recipients of some generous donations from their local community.
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Nursing staff with underlying health conditions could have no choice but to risk their lives and return to work because of inadequate sick pay, according to the Royal College of Nursing.
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All staff and volunteers within adult social care providers can now access free apps to cope with insomnia and anxiety as part of a nationwide effort to help ‘care for our carers’ and support the mental health of the social care workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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