CSI Market Intelligence has published Say Hello Wave Goodbye – Care Home Openings and Closures 2021, its 7th annual report and has surprisingly shown that,…
Read more...Industry leaders have written an open letter to Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the letter, from Methodist Homes (MHA), the…
Read more...CAMPAIGNERS are calling on the Government to help social care as it faces a fight to survive as Covid-19 restrictions ease. The Independent Care Group…
Read more...A North Yorkshire care group is opening its doors to visitors but paying for their Covid-19 tests to ensure its stay residents safe. Saint Cecilia’s…
Read more...Commenting on changes to Covid-19 testing, announced by the Department for Health and Social Care, chair of BMA council, Dr Chaand Nagpaul said: “Testing healthcare…
Read more...The Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) says it is continuing to deal with the contract management issues caused by the need to purchase…
Read more...Covid testing for care home staff and residents will continue to be free according to the government’s ‘Living with Covid’ guidance. People at risk of…
Read more...With COVID-19 preventing care homes from accessing local amenities, the residents and team members at Fairburn Mews launched an initiative to visit 18 cafes in…
Read more...Concerns are growing among NHS leaders that in a matter of days their frontline staff could be made to pay for their own Covid-19 tests…
Read more...Vaccination-acquired immunity against Covid-19 significantly wanes after three months among elderly care home residents, indicating that regular booster jabs may be required for this “vulnerable”…
Read more...This is one of the concerns raised by the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee in its 33rd report of Session 2021-22 as it…
Read more...Responding to NHS England’s latest winter sitrep, Dr Layla McCay, director of policy at the NHS Confederation, said: “COVID-19 infection rates are rising, and as…
Read more...Stephen Parkinson, Senior Partner at law firm Kingsley Napley LLP and an expert in Public Inquiries, welcomes the draft Terms of Reference published by Baroness…
Read more...Social Care Day of Remembrance and Reflection is taking place on 17 March 2022, with a dedicated virtual event taking place on the day. A…
Read more...There is a “moral obligation” to provide more psychological support to care home staff as they continue to live with the impact of the COVID-19…
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