Cautious Welcome for Double Visits
Today’s Government announcement increasing the number of visitors care and nursing home residents can have has met with a cautious welcome from providers. Provider body…
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Covid-19
Two Visitors Allowed in Care Homes to Reunite Loved Ones
Care home residents in England will be able to receive two visitors indoors from Monday 12 April as covid restrictions continue to be cautiously eased….
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Decision to Turn Off National Booking Service for Care staff Vaccines ‘Must be Reversed’
The National Care Forum (NCF) has called on the government to reverse its decision to restrict access to the national booking system for all care…
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Royal Star & Garter Veterans Receive Second Covid-19 Vaccines
Residents at Royal Star & Garter’s three Homes have received their second Covid-19 vaccines. The doses were administered at the charity’s care homes at the…
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East Midlands Care Home Staff Praised For ‘Resourcefulness’ During COVID-19 Pandemic
“Dedicated and resourceful” care home staff across the East Midlands have been praised for overcoming barriers to assisting people during the first stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 Vaccines Have Prevented Thousands Of Deaths In Older Adults, New Data Shows
Public Health England (PHE) analysis indicates that the COVID-19 vaccination programme prevented 6,100 deaths in those aged 70 and older in England up to the end of February.
Read more...Covid Care Home Resident Deaths Fall To Lowest Level Since October
Care home resident deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales have fallen to the lowest level since October 2020, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.
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Infections Fall By 62% In Care Home Residents Five Weeks After First Jab Reveals Study
Coronavirus infections in care home residents fell by 62% from five weeks after they received their first vaccine dose, Government-funded research has revealed.
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Urgent Call For COVID Sufferers To Volunteer For Unique Genetic Research Study
Scientists working on a ground-breaking COVID-19 research study are urgently calling for more carers who caught the virus to volunteer to sign up and help.
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Covid-Related Care Home Resident Deaths Continue To Fall
The number of COVID-19 related deaths in care homes continues to decline sharply according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS)
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Compulsory Vaccine Under Consideration For Care Staff
Care home workers in England could be legally required to have a Covid-19 vaccination under plans being considered by the government.
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Trials To Find Preventative Covid-19 Treatments For Most Vulnerable To Launch In The UK
Hundreds of thousands of the UK’s most vulnerable people could be set to benefit from innovative treatments that stop them catching COVID-19
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Half Of All Adults In UK Receive First Dose Of Covid-19 Vaccine
Half of all adults in the UK have received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, the latest figures show.
The UK health services vaccinated a total of 26.8 million
Read more...More Than 25 Million People Receive First Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine In UK
More than 25 million people in the UK have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Figures out today show the UK health services vaccinated a total of 25,273,226 people between
Read more...Just 60% Of London Care Home Workers Have Covid Vaccine
Just an estimated 60% of care home workers in London have been vaccinated against COVID-19, while progress across England appears to be stalling.
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