Prime Minister Commits To “Independent Inquiry” Into The Coronavirus Pandemic.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has committed for the first time to an independent inquiry into the handling of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK.
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Covid-19
Covid-19 Risk Triples In Larger Care Homes Reveals Study
The possibility of a coronavirus outbreak in a care home triples with every additional 20 beds it has, a study of 189 infected care homes by NHS Lothian and Edinburgh University has revealed.
Read more...Lords To Quiz Top UK Science And Medical Advisors On COVID-19 Advice To Government
This Friday (July 17) , the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee will take evidence from senior advisors and officials about the science of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Government’s response.
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Largest Testing Programme For Coronavirus Publishes Its Initial Findings
The Health Secretary has today welcomed the findings of the largest study to date into coronavirus rates of infection by Imperial College London.
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“Catastrophic” Care Home Deaths Highlight Need For Urgent Reforms
Catastrophic failings that led to the “grim an unnecessary” death toll from Covid-19 in care homes have highlighted the need for urgent reforms, according to a social care leader.
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One Million Bereaved-Marie Curie Announces Plans For A Day To Reflect On 23 March 2021
With the news that there have been more than 204,209 UK deaths, equating to one million people bereaved since lockdown started, end of life charity Marie Curie has announced a day to reflect to be held on 23 March 2021.
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Two Thirds Of People In England Ready To Help Improve Health And Social Care Post COVID-19
“Because we all care”, a new campaign from the Care Quality Commission and Healthwatch England, launched today as new research shows that more than two-thirds (67%)
Read more...Research Study Into Long-Term Health Impacts Of Covid-19 Launched In The UK
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...Delays To Social Care Reforms Undermined Covid-19 Response Survey Reveals
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.
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Whole Home Testing “Not Done” Reveals Survey
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.
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Sue Ryder Warns Of Increase In Need For Palliative Care As A Residual Impact Of Coronavirus Pandemic
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...No Time For Bureaucracy, Says Community Network
Vital community health services risk being tangled in bureaucratic contracts and face serious cuts unless the government steps in.
Read more...Concerns Raised Over Covid-19 Antibody Testing
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.
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Covid-19 Has Shown Us How To Transform Healthcare, Now UK Government Must Act – IPPR
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 Older People Bereaved During Lockdown, Says Older People’s Charity
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.
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