Health

An early draft of a study by University of Manchester health economists and data scientists calculates that up to 10,000 more people may have died in care homes from Covid-19 than previously realised.

In response to the encroaching winter weather, Barchester Healthcare has devised and built new visiting suites with the majority of our services due to have one by the end of November

A report, Deaths of people identified as having learning disabilities with COVID-19 in England in the Spring of 2020 examined data from The English Learning Disabilities Mortality Review

Responding to the latest test and trace figures, Dr Layla McCay, director at the NHS Confederation, said:

A third of older people aged 60 and over are feeling more anxious (34%) and less motivated to do the things they enjoy (36 percent) since the start of the pandemic, according to a recent poll by Age UK.

Injection to be vital weapon against Covid-19

The announcement that care workers are to be prioritised the new Covid vaccine has been greeted warmly by providers, as they continue to fight the virus in

A group of doctors is calling on the government to divert the hundreds of millions of pounds being spent on the failing COVID-19 national test and trace scheme into local health services.

A Scottish care home group is to introduce its own rapid response Covid test programme for residents and staff using technology that delivers results within minutes.

Care home leaders have called for mandatory testing after CQC inspectors reported COVID-19 symptoms.

Freedom of Information (FoI) requests acquired by The Sunday Telegraph have revealed that over 100 CQC inspectors

7 in 10 disabled people employed in March (71%) have been impacted by loss of income, furlough, unemployment or other damaging effects as a result of the pandemic.