Poor communication hampered pandemic response
Adult social care services struggled to deal with the coronavirus pandemic because of poor communication between Whitehall and local government,…
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Care homes to get 90-minute coronavirus testing kits
Care homes and hospitals are to get rapid testing kits, capable of detecting COVID-19 and other viruses within 90-minutes, the…
Unison warns care staff not getting proper sick pay
More than half of care workers (52%) say their employer is still paying less than £100 a week or nothing…
County councils warn against ‘knee-jerk’ social care reform
County council leaders have warned against the ‘knee jerk’ centralisation of the social care system in the aftermath of coronavirus….
Surrey County Council waives PPE costs to providers
Surrey County Council has announced it is is waiving the cost of personal protective equipment (PPE) supplied so far to…
‘Slow, inconsistent’ approach to social care in COVID-19 condemned
A cross-party group of MPs have condemned the government’s ‘slow, inconsistent, and at times negligent approach’ to social care during…
Cheshire West to review social care charges
Cheshire West and Chester Council is seeking views on proposed changes to the way it charges for certain non-residential adult…
Feature: The reality of life in prison during lockdown
‘It’s like going through the pandemic locked in your bathroom’ – the brutal reality of life in prison during lockdown…
