Close-Contact Visits In Care Homes Banned During Lockdown
Boris Johnson has announced a new national lockdown in a bid to curb the surge in coronavirus cases, attributed to a particularly infectious variant.
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Covid-19
LGA Responds to Increased Care Home Testing Announcement
Responding to the government announcement of £149 million to support the rollout of increased, rapid testing for care home staff, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of…
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BMA says Decision to Delay Follow-up Dose of Pfizer Vaccine ‘Grossly Unfair’ to Thousands of At-Risk Patients
The BMA says that asking GPs to rebook appointments of tens of thousands of elderly and vulnerable patients, due to get their second dose of…
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GPs Given £10 Per Jab Boost To Support Care Home Vaccination Drive
The NHS is to provide GPs an extra £10 for every care home resident they are able to vaccinate against Covid by the end of…
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Schools Take Christmas to Local Care Villages
Schoolchildren who would normally be regular visitors to Belong care villages in Atherton and Wigan are finding creative ways to bring Christmas cheer to residents….
Read more...Second Covid-19 Vaccine Authorised by UK Medicines Regulator
The second Covid-19 vaccine has been authorised for use in the UK, allowing a significant expansion of the immunisation programme with hundreds more vaccination sites…
Read more...Call for New Year Social Care Reform
A campaigner says his New Year wish is for the reform of care of older and vulnerable people to be an urgent Government priority now…
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Three Quarters of England Placed into Tier 4 Lockdown from Midnight Tonight
Over 75% of England will be placed into Tier 4 from midnight tonight (December 30) after a huge surge in coronavirus infections prompted the government into…
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Covid-19: Royal Star & Garter Chairman Major General Tim Tyler’s Vaccine Trial
When volunteers were needed to take part in Covid vaccine tests, Royal Star & Garter Chairman Major General Tim Tyler stepped forward. Here, he explains…
Read more...Pandemic Prompts Brits to Rally Behind Local Community
Covid-19 and the UK lockdown has strengthened communities, with almost half (47%) of UK adults admitting to feeling more strongly about supporting their local community…
Read more...Vaccine Milestone Testament to Immense Work of NHS staff, but Ongoing Support is Needed
Responding to news that more than half a million people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in England1, Dr Richard Vautrey, GPC chair at the BMA,…
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More Than 600,000 People Receive First Dose of Pfizer/Biontech Vaccine in UK
More than 600,000 people in the UK have received the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine as part of the largest vaccination programme in…
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Helen Leads the Way as Community Staff are Vaccinated
Community Respiratory Practitioner Helen Gremo was first to be vaccinated today (Monday, 28 December) as hundreds of frontline community NHS staff in Kent join colleagues…
Read more...Care Workers Need All Our Respect- Follow Scotland and Wales Lead says NCF
In response to the announcement today of a significant increase in staff testing in care homes to take effect immediately, supported by £149m specific funding,…
Read more...£149 Million to Support Increased Care Home Testing
Care homes across the country will benefit from additional rapid testing to test staff twice a week to help protect residents and workers from the…
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