The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) will provide indemnity to care homes that want to become part of the Designated Setting scheme but are unable to obtain insurance.
Read more...The government will provide a free 4-month supply of daily vitamin D supplements for residents in residential and nursing care homes in England to help support their general health
Read more...The lasting financial and operational impact of COVID-19 will adversely affect a number of businesses if action is not taken now
Read more...Statistics out from the Office for National Statistics today (Monday 18 January) show coronavirus has been the leading cause of death in England for the second month in a row
Read more...More than four million people in the UK have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine as part of the largest vaccination programme in British history.
Read more...Residents at The Rowans care home in Macclesfield are delighted to have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Read more...Data analysis is revealing a second sharp drop in the number of people admitted to hospital in England with acute heart failure or a heart attack.
Read more...Inglewood Nursing Home has played a key part in the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination programme among care homes in East Sussex.
Read more...With the new lockdown well underway, we are all missing those luxuries such as shopping and eating out. But Barnes Lodge residents decided they don’t need to go to a tea
Read more...Every person in London can now have a personalised care plan
London is in crisis, the NHS is overstretched and the hospitals are full, which puts an enormous strain on our community services
Read more...The public has a vital part to play in the rollout of the UK COVID-19 vaccines delivery plan, the UK Government has urged, as it calls on them to help ensure
Read more...Millions of people aged 70 and over and those clinically extremely vulnerable to Covid-19 will be invited to get their vaccinations from today (Monday 18 January) as the NHS
Read more...Winchester-based charity, The Brendoncare Foundation has announced that residents and staff at Brendoncare Knightwood have now received their first Covid-19 vaccinations.
Read more...The impact of the new variant is being felt across the country, with staff absence rates rising sharply both in care homes and among home care staff
Read more...More than one in 10 adults in the UK (14%) believe their brain health has declined since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, new polling by Alzheimer’s Research UK
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