Government Launches New Portal For Care Homes To Arrange Coronavirus Testing
A new online portal that makes it easy for care homes to arrange deliveries of coronavirus test kits has been launched today. As the national…
Read more...
Healthcare
The Mental Health Of 41% Of The UK Population Is At Risk As A Result Of The Coronavirus Crisis
The mental health of 41% of the UK population is at risk as a result of the coronavirus crisis International study reveals that 1 in…
Read more...
Safety First While Danger Remains
Responding to the Prime Minister’s speech outlining the roadmap for relaxing COVID-19 restrictions, Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across…
Read more...
Care Homes Spending At Least £38.6m A Week On Covid-19
Government must step in to bail out councils and rescue the social care sector from collapse, according to a leading care home group. Care homes…
Read more...
NCF Survey Finds That Only 22% Of Social Care Workers Have Been Able To Access Testing
The National Care Forum surveyed its members about the new testing arrangements. The survey represents the perspectives of a wide range of organisations who between…
Read more...Vital To Identify Factors Behind COVID-19 Deaths
Responding to the review into factors impacting health outcomes from COVID-19, Dr Layla McCay, director at the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare sector,…
Read more...
Coronavirus Test, Track And Trace Plan Launched On Isle Of Wight
Isle of Wight announced as first phase of new ‘test, track and trace’ programme Rollout of NHS COVID-19 App to begin with the island’s NHS…
Read more...Warning Over Care Provider Survival During Virus
Campaigners today warned that unless the Government steps up funding for local authorities many social care providers could go to the wall as they battle…
Read more...
Mobile Coronavirus Testing Units To Target Frontline Workers
Essential workers and the most vulnerable will receive increased access to coronavirus tests after the government unveiled a network of mobile testing units to travel…
Read more...
Better Information Sharing To Help Clinicians Curing COVID-19
GPs and authorised health and care professionals in the NHS will now be able to access primary care records for patients registered at other practices…
Read more...One In Five Healthcare Workers Could Quit After Pandemic Unless Urgent Government Action Is Taken
A major IPPR/YouGov poll of almost 1,000 UK healthcare professionals today reveals that Covid-19 has made more than one in five healthcare workers more likely…
Read more...Health Workers Will Need Support Long After The Pandemic
Responding to the IPPR’s Care Fit For Carers report, Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers, which is part of the NHS Confederation, said: “The…
Read more...
Care Staff From The White House Care Home Move In With Residents To Protect Them From Coronavirus
The White House Care Home, in Teignmouth, part of Centrum Group, is a specialist care home for people with dementia. The staff who work there…
Read more...
LGA Responds To Latest ONS Figures On Coronavirus Community Deaths
Responding to the latest ONS figures on deaths from COVID-19 in the community, which show that up until 10 April nearly 20 per cent of…
Read more...
Three Quarters Of Healthcare Workers Say The Government Is Putting Their Health At Risk
A new IPPR/YouGov poll of UK healthcare professionals responding to the Covid-19 crisis reveals how deeply concerned they are about their safety. When asked if…
Read more...