70% of Public Against Scrapping Free Tests for Care Home Visits
An Alzheimer’s Society poll has revealed that 70% disagree with the Government’s decision to scrap free lateral flow tests for care home visitors, while only…
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Covid-19
Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination for Care Staff to Be Scrapped
The legal requirement for health and social care staff to be double jabbed will be removed from 15 March Regulations making COVID-19 vaccination a condition…
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Coventry Care Home Brings Christmas in February to Make up for Missing Festive Season Due to Covid
A Coventry based care home decided to pull out the crackers and Christmas tree for a belated Christmas party. MHA Abbey Park provides residential, residential…
Read more...Care Leaders Condemn “Pay to Visit” Testing
CARE leaders today condemned plans to make care and nursing home visitors pay for Covid-19 tests. The Independent Care Group (ICG) urged the Government to…
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JCVI Advises a Spring COVID-19 Vaccine Dose for the Most Vulnerable
Over-75s and people with suppressed immune systems in the UK are to be offered another Covid-19 booster vaccination in the coming weeks to increase potentially…
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Prime Minister Sets Out Plan for Living with COVID
All Covid restrictions will end in England on Thursday and free mass testing will stop from 1 April. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told MPs the…
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Increased Dementia Risk Post COVID-19 Infection, Study Suggests
Research suggests that almost a third (32 of every 100) of older adults infected with COVID-19 in 2020 developed at least one new condition that…
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“Follow the Guidance” CQC Urges on Care Home Visits
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has urged care home providers to follow government guidance on care home visits following the January lifting of restrictions. In…
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£8.7bn on Pandemic PPE “Written Off” in Past Year
The government is facing fierce criticism after being accused of “wasting” billions on unusable personal protective equipment (PPE) and buying products at hugely at inflated…
Read more...Scrapping Mandatory Vaccination Policy is the Right Move says BMA
The British Medical Association says that the Government’s decision to scrap the policy requiring NHS workers in England to be vaccinated against Covid-19 as a…
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Second Ground-Breaking Antiviral to be Deployed to Country’s Most Vulnerable
Thousands of the country’s most vulnerable will be able to access the UK’s second ground-breaking antiviral – Pfizer’s PF-07321332+ritonavir (Paxlovid®) – from Thursday 10 February,…
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Second Ground-Breaking Antiviral to be Deployed to Country’s Most Vulnerable
Thousands of the country’s most vulnerable will be able to access the UK’s second ground-breaking antiviral – Pfizer’s PF-07321332+ritonavir (Paxlovid®) – from Thursday 10 February,…
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England to Return to Plan A Following the Success of the Booster Programme
The Government has today announced that England will fully return to Plan A on Thursday 27 January thanks to the success of the booster programme
Read more...Care Workers Urged to Get Covid-19 Booster
CARE workers are being urged to get their Covid-19 booster jab because providers fear the worst of the Omicron variant is still to come.
Read more...Omicron Cash Grants in England Available for Today
Businesses in England most impacted by the Omicron variant will be able to tap into a multimillion-pound support package in the coming weeks, as the government today
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