English councils are being asked by the government to identify care homes that could be used to take COVID-positive patients…
October 15, 2020 Read more
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A care home visitor scheme allowing family members to regularly visit their loved ones is to be piloted in England….
October 14, 2020 Read more
Guidelines on the easing of care home restrictions have been issued by the Scottish government. The updated guidance includes extending…
October 13, 2020 Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to “fix the injustice of care home funding”. In his speech to the Conservative…
October 7, 2020 Read more
The government has announced details of how round two of the Infection Control Fund (ICF) will be distributed to care…
October 6, 2020 Read more
Decisions taken by Government led to the violation of the human rights of older people during the COVID-19 pandemic, Amnesty…
October 5, 2020 Read more
Tens of thousands of international health and care staff have been exempted from a payment to use NHS services in…
October 1, 2020 Read more
The government is facing increasing calls to relax restrictions on migrant care workers to help fight a second wave of…
September 30, 2020 Read more
Four-month stockpiles of PPE are to be made available to health and social care staff from November, the government has…
September 28, 2020 Read more
Care home residents and staff will be the first in line to get a COVID-19 vaccine when it is approved,…
September 28, 2020 Read more