A new online portal has been launched for the delivery of coronavirus test kits to care homes. The online platform…
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A government report published three years ago warning that care homes were unprepared for a possible pandemic has been published….
Millions more items of PPE are being made available for frontline staff after businesses answered the government’s call to arms…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he “bitterly regrets” the continuing care home COVID-19 crisis while also revealing plans to…
Speaking during the government’s daily briefing yesterday deputy scientific adviser Angela McLean said the UK had to “get to grips”…
Just one in five social care workers have been able to access testing for COVID-19, a survey has found. The…
Care Minister Helen Whately has praised the “phenomenal effort” of the retirement communities sector in tackling the coronavirus pandemic. In…
Suffolk-based manufacturer DaRo UV Systems has reported a sharp rise in care home demand during the coronavirus outbreak for its…
The UK’s largest care home provider, HC-One, has warned that a decline in occupancy and higher costs has left it…
Seventeen residents have died with coronavirus symptoms at a Bupa care home in Leeds. The care home operator said seven…