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Covid Inquiry: Matt Hancock defends decision to discharge hospital patients into care homes
There were tears in the Covid Inquiry gallery today as bereaved families heard former health secretary Matt Hancock defend the decision to discharge hospital patients into care homes – without testing them.
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Covid boosters rolled out early in England care homes
People in care homes in England started receiving their Covid boosters today – a month earlier than planned following the spread of a new variant.
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LGBTQ+ abuse in care homes revealed
One of the joys of growing old is being able to unashamedly be yourself – but sadly that isn’t proving to be the case for many older LGBTQ+ people living in care.
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Care homes have had no tangible support from government at all, says National Care Association chairman
We were joined now by Nadra Ahmed, the chairman of the National Care Association.
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Covid: Discharging untested patients into care homes unlawful, High Court says
The case against the government in England was brought by two women whose fathers both died in care homes in the spring of 2020 as the pandemic took hold.
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Care homes at risk of going bust before NI rise money reaches them, care provider says
We’re joined by care home provider, Melanie Weatherley, who runs Walnut Care at Home and chairs the Lincolnshire Care Association.
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Covid: Care homes hit by staff shortages in Manchester
The current wave of Covid has forced around half of the care homes in Greater Manchester to stop accepting new residents due to staff shortages.
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Care homes will struggle to get staff over mandatory Covid vaccines, says National Care Association chair
We spoke to Nadra Ahmed, from the National Care Association, and began by asking if it was the duty of carers to have the vaccine to protect those they’re looking after.
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‘Culture of cover-up’: hundreds of children abused in Lambeth care homes, says inquiry
The findings could hardly be more shocking. Children in care “treated as if they were worthless”, while abusers were allowed to infiltrate children’s homes and foster care with “devastating, lifelong” consequences for their victims.
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England care homes residents to be allowed one visitor from March
Reports suggest that people could be allowed to meet each other outdoors by Easter.
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Vaccine offered to every older resident at eligible care homes in England
But concerns remain over how many staff in England still need to be vaccinated.
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Scotland first to set date for vaccine rollout to care homes
Scotland’s health secretary, Jeane Freeman, has today been talking about Scotland’s vaccine plans.
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Inspectors entering care homes without Covid tests – care chief calls for change
We spoke to the chairman of the National Care Association, Nadra Ahmed.
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Residents die in Covid outbreaks at two Scottish care homes
Investigations are underway in two care homes in Scotland after major coronavirus outbreaks.
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UK government’s care homes policy ‘put people’s lives at risks’ – Amnesty’s Donatella Rovera
We spoke to Donatella Rovera, the author of an Amnesty International report into the UK government’s decision to send thousands of untested patients back into care homes across England at the start of lockdown.
