One of the world’s largest comprehensive research studies into the long-term health impacts of coronavirus on hospitalised patients has been launched in the UK today, the Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has announced.
Read more...Years of government indecisiveness over social care reforms have made it harder to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, according to the majority of over-45s polled during lockdown by Just Group.
Read more...The National Care Forum (NCF), has conducted a survey with its members to gather data relating to the whole home testing experience for staff and residents.
Read more...National healthcare charity Sue Ryder has found that over one third (34 per cent) of the public said that they, or somebody they know, have delayed seeking medical advice or treatment for potentially serious symptoms during lockdown.
Read more...Vital community health services risk being tangled in bureaucratic contracts and face serious cuts unless the government steps in.
Read more...A group of medical experts have expressed concerns over a COVID-19 anti-body test for health and social care staff.
The government has procured 10 million test kits month, with the first phase of the testing program, evaluating the NHS and social workers.
Read more...New ‘mission-based approach’ to adopting new tech, digital and medical advances would support the nation’s health and wealth
Read more...Up to 77,000 people aged 65 and over may have suffered the death of a partner since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown, one and a half times as many as in the same period in each of the five previous years.
Read more...Responding to the latest ONS figures on coronavirus deaths, which show that deaths involving COVID-19 as a percentage of all deaths in care homes decreased to 17.3 per cent in the week to 12 June
Read more...Care and nursing homes closing in the wake of coronavirus, could spark a second crisis in the care of older and vulnerable adults, a campaigner warned today.
Read more...The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has published interim advice on priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination.
Read more...A new report outlines the financial impact of Coronavirus on councils, which could run over several years, leaving England’s largest local authorities in an unsustainable position.
Read more...The number of COVID-19 related deaths has continued to fall this month as the coronavirus pandemic begins to alleviate.
Read more...Positive news should be catalyst for change
Care providers say the time is coming for the Government to start planning for the future of social care after coronavirus.
Read more...A new report on death registrations not associated with COVID-19 from the ONS has given insight into the number of excess dementia deaths in England and Wales during the pandemic.
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