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Prime Minister Boris Johnson rejected a lockdown last Autumn, preferring instead to let Covid “wash through the country” because he thought only people aged 80+ were dying, his ex-advisor Dominic Cummings claims. In an interview, scheduled to be broadcast at 7pm tonight on BBC Two, Dominic Cummings told the BBC that he, UK chief scientific […]

Double vaccinated care workers and NHS staff in England can keep working rather than self-isolate from today (19 July) under ‘exemptional circumstances’, the government has confirmed. If health and care workers have been ‘pinged’ by the NHS Covid-19 app or contacted and told to self-isolate as a result of being a close contact of a

A “wasted decade” is how a coalition of 76 charities feel, with four out of five people saying they want Boris Johnson to fulfil his promise and fix social care “once and for all”. The poll carried out by YouGov for the 76 charities who campaign together as the Care and Support Alliance (CSA) is

A package of measures to improve oversight and accountability in the delivery of social care services will be laid out in Parliament today, the government has said. The new health and care Bill will implement changes set out by the government in February 2021. Its introduction in Parliament today follows extensive discussions with NHS England,

Care homes and home care providers will receive an extra £250 million to protect staff and those receiving care from Covid-19, as part of infection control and testing fund, but this is £91 million less than the amount previously given. The government’s infection control and testing fund for care providers was due to finish at

Some 70 per cent of home care workers say they have used more technology in their role over the past year, according to a survey conducted by CareLineLive, a home care management system for the sector. Refering to the impact technology use has on their job roles, 91 per cent (of the 54 care workers

Hospital-style care at home for older people could be just as good or even better than treatment in hospital, researchers have discovered. Instead of hospital admission, ‘Hospital at Home’ care involves hospital-level care provided to patients in their homes. Patients can get access to a geriatrician and multi-disciplinary team, medicines, oxygen and intravenous treatment. They

Adult social services are facing a deluge of requests for care and support from older and disabled people as society opens up after Covid-19, council leaders have warned. A survey, conducted by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), has found that local councils responsible for social services are facing sharply rising numbers

With many working at home over lockdown, more time and proximity has meant some neighbours and families have had more community attention and care during the pandemic than previously, leading one care provider to highlight the need for continued support. Community networks set up during the first lockdown meant some people had more visitors and