Care home operators across Wales can expect continued priority access to COVID-19 vaccinations this autumn, as the Welsh Government announces significant changes to its vaccination…
Read more...Staffing shortages and budget constraints left Northern Ireland’s care sector vulnerable during pandemic, an official has told the inquiry Northern Ireland’s residential care sector faced…
Read more...A former Welsh health minister has acknowledged that, with the benefit of hindsight, more could have been done in the early days of the COVID-19…
Read more...UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said that if ‘another pandemic were to happen tomorrow, the big worry is that social care would be in exactly…
Read more...The inquiry has continued this week examining the impact of the pandemic on care services for elderly and disabled people. Healthcare professionals working in residential…
Read more...The UK COVID-19 Inquiry has released harrowing testimony revealing the profound impact of pandemic restrictions on residential and nursing homes, documenting widespread family trauma, resident…
Read more...NHS England (NHSE) has confirmed the eligibility criteria and key dates for its upcoming autumn 2025 Covid-19 and flu vaccination programmes. Frontline health and social…
Read more...The UK Covid-19 Inquiry will place the adult social care sector under intense scrutiny when its highly anticipated public hearings commence next week, marking a…
Read more...England’s top doctor has urged those eligible for a Spring COVID-19 vaccine to come forward, as figures published today show almost four in ten eligible…
Read more...Individuals that need extra protection this year include those aged 75 and over (including those by 17 June 2025), older adult care home residents, and…
Read more...With the five year anniversary of the first Covid-19 pandemic lockdown this month, the impact of the unprecedented health emergency is still being felt in…
Read more...Research led by Lancaster University has revealed that the exceptional circumstances early in the COVID-19 pandemic led to distressing experiences of death and dying in…
Read more...The NHS is urging around 1.3 million older people who have not yet had the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine to get jabbed, as health service…
Read more...Local NHS leaders are warning of huge pressure on their services as the NHS faces up to its busiest few weeks of the year. They…
Read more...With the roll out of the 2024 winter flu and covid vaccination programme underway, Age UK urges older people to do all they can to…
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