Social care workers to be offered antibody tests
Health and social care staff in England will be offered antibody tests from next week onwards. Health secretary Matt Hancock…
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One in three less likely to put relatives in care homes
Around a third of people say they are less likely to seek to a care home for relatives in the wake…
Bereavement scheme extended for families of social care workers
The families and dependants of social care workers who die as a result of contracting coronavirus will now be able…
Social care funding gap inquiry reopens
A group of MPs is to reopen its inquiry into how much money the government will need to spend over…
National Care Forum calls for 200,000 tests a day
The National Care Forum (NCF) has called for 200,000 routine and regular tests per day across the social care sector…
Scottish care home crisis ‘failure of devolved government’
The handling of the coronavirus in Scottish care homes has been branded ‘the single greatest failure of devolved government’. A…
NHS trusts hit back at discharge claims
NHS Providers has hit back at reports that trusts have knowingly discharged patients with COVID-19 back into care homes. The…
New oversight arrangements for Scottish care homes
The Scottish Government has announced new oversight arrangements for care homes, which are north of the border. From today (18…
