Free Covid Tests Must Continue for NHS Staff, Warn Health Leaders
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…
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Study Reveals Sharp Decline in Covid-19 Immunity in Care Home Residents
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...What Happens to NHS and Care Home Staff Dismissed Due to Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Regulations Which Have Now Been Revoked?
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…
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Worrying Rise in NHS Staff Absences Due to Increasing COVID Case Rates
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…
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Kingsley Napley welcomes COVID-19 Inquiry Terms of Reference
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…
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Social Care Day of Remembrance and Reflection Event Now Available to Book
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…
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“It’s a War and We Have to Stick Together” – Care Workers Share their Experience
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…
Read more...70% of Public Against Scrapping Free Tests for Care Home Visits
An Alzheimer’s Society poll has revealed that 70% disagree with the Government’s decision to scrap free lateral flow tests for care home visitors, while only…
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Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination for Care Staff to Be Scrapped
The legal requirement for health and social care staff to be double jabbed will be removed from 15 March Regulations making COVID-19 vaccination a condition…
Read more...Care Leaders Condemn “Pay to Visit” Testing
CARE leaders today condemned plans to make care and nursing home visitors pay for Covid-19 tests. The Independent Care Group (ICG) urged the Government to…
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Prime Minister Sets Out Plan for Living with COVID
All Covid restrictions will end in England on Thursday and free mass testing will stop from 1 April. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told MPs the…
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Increased Dementia Risk Post COVID-19 Infection, Study Suggests
Research suggests that almost a third (32 of every 100) of older adults infected with COVID-19 in 2020 developed at least one new condition that…
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“Follow the Guidance” CQC Urges on Care Home Visits
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has urged care home providers to follow government guidance on care home visits following the January lifting of restrictions. In…
Read more...Health Organisations Warn Pandemic Will Not be Over for Anyone Until it is Over for Everyone
Today the BMA, along with other leading bodies representing the nation’s healthcare professionals, has signed a joint statement1 expressing concern at the ongoing inequity in access…
Read more...Carers Urged to Get Boosted Now
A new study, published today by the University of Birmingham and UCL, adds further evidence to the importance of a booster vaccine for both carers…
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