Analysis Reveals Older Women “Especially Badly Hit” by the Pandemic
The latest wave of Age UK’s research into the impact of the pandemic on older people has found that older women have been and continue…
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UK Covid-19 Inquiry Launches First Investigation
Baroness Heather Hallett officially launched the UK Covid-19 Inquiry and opened its first investigation into how well prepared the UK was for a pandemic. Baroness…
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200,000 Covid-Related Deaths Must Serve as Important Reminder, says BMA
Over 200,000 Covid deaths have been recorded across the UK, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. A total of 200,247 Covid deaths…
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R&RA Calls for ‘Urgent’ Implementation of Updated COVID Guidance
The COVID guidance for social care has finally been updated, which integrates many of the changes called for back in April by the Relatives &…
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Anger and Frustration for Older People at Their Treatment Under the Covid19 Pandemic Restrictions
Older people claim that assuming everyone aged over 70 is vulnerable is deeply ageist. The Older People’s Advocacy Alliance (OPAAL) and the National Coalition of…
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One in Five People Who Died from COVID-19 During 2020 and 2021 had Dementia
Alzheimer’s Research UK says Government must take greater action to speed up the development and deployment of new dementia treatments after it’s been revealed that…
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Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease Post COVID-19 Danish Researcher Suggests
New research findings presented at a conference suggest that those who had COVID-19 are at increased risk of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. Researchers from Denmark…
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Government “Partially” Accepts MPs’ Recommendations on Response to Coronavirus Pandemic
The Chairs of the Health and Social Care Committee and Science and Technology Committee have welcomed a response from the Government into recommendations of the…
Read more...Summer Covid Spike Hits Care Homes
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has reported an increase in care home COVID outbreaks over the past week. The number of suspected outbreaks of…
Read more...Health Visiting Study Seeks to Learn Lessons from Pandemic
NIHR-funded researchers have launched a new study seeking to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected health visiting services across the UK, with a view…
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Local System Mismanagement-Lessons Must be Learned
Care England has called for lessons to be learned from the care hotel initiative deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive…
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Research Says Hospice Care Was Compromised Across West Midlands During Pandemic
During the Covid-19 pandemic hospice care across the West Midlands fell below the “gold-standard” despite the best efforts of frontline healthcare professionals. This news is…
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JCVI Provides Interim Advice on an Autumn COVID-19 Booster Programme
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has provided interim advice to government regarding coronavirus (COVID-19) booster doses this autumn. The boosters would be…
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NHS Delivers One Million Spring Booster Vaccines
Over one million people have received a spring booster in just over two weeks since the latest phase of the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme kicked…
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BMA Says the Government is ‘Burying its Head in the Sand’ to the Threat of Covid
The BMA says the Government is failing to grasp how serious a threat the current levels of COVID-19 illness pose to the NHS and to…
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