Government Begins Large Scale Virus Infection And Antibody Test Study
Twenty thousand households in England are being contacted to take part in the first wave of a major new government study to track Covid-19 in…
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Covid-19
Care Staff From The White House Care Home Move In With Residents To Protect Them From Coronavirus
The White House Care Home, in Teignmouth, part of Centrum Group, is a specialist care home for people with dementia. The staff who work there…
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Urgent Need To Support Disabled People And Their Services Through The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
The government response to supporting adult social care through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic needs to be more inclusive to enable the social care sector to…
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LGA Responds To Latest ONS Figures On Coronavirus Community Deaths
Responding to the latest ONS figures on deaths from COVID-19 in the community, which show that up until 10 April nearly 20 per cent of…
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Give Key Workers Priority Access To Any Approved Vaccine, Says NHS Confederation
Responding to today’s Downing Street briefing, Dr Layla McCay, director at the NHS Confederation, said: “We know that it will take some time for a…
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Providers Call For Better Cash Support During Pandemic
Need for government to help local authorities Care providers are calling for better financial support from the Government to help them get through the hardships…
Read more...Government To Extend Testing For Coronavirus To More Frontline Workers
Symptomatic staff working in a greater number of professions will now be able to access coronavirus testing Testing will allow those currently unable to return…
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Thousands Of Former NHS Staff Are Back On The Front Line In The NHS Fight Against Coronavirus
Almost 5,000 former staff are now back on the NHS front line after coming out of retirement to support the coronavirus effort. The returning doctors,…
Read more...CORONAVIRUS: “Comprehensive Plan” Called For Care To Support Social Care
Care leaders have called on the government to publish a comprehensive plan to support social care through the coronavirus crisis. The letter to Secretary of…
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Warrington’s Very Own Everyday Hero
A member of staff at a care home in Warrington has been nominated in a regional initiative to acknowledge going ‘above and beyond’ during the…
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National Action Plan To Further Support Adult Social Care Sector
Better access to testing, millions of additional PPE items, expansions to the workforce and a new brand to further recognise the sector’s contribution to society…
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LGA Responds To Latest ONS Figures On Coronavirus
Responding to the latest ONS figures on deaths from COVID-19 in the community, which show that up until 3 April around 10 per cent of…
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ADASS Calls On The Government To Prioritise Adult Social Care
ADASS President, Julie Ogley, responding to the increasing numbers of people dying in care homes and in their own homes, has called on the Government…
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Care Home Saves Lives During Pandemic
New Care, a development-led care home operator, is saving lives during the Coronavirus pandemic. In light of the current healthcare crisis and the unimaginable and…
Read more...Government To Offer Testing For Everyone Who Needs One” In Social Care Settings
All care home residents and social care staff with COVID-19 symptoms will be tested as capacity is built up, the government is announcing today. Currently…
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