Data shows that almost two-thirds of care homes have had no staff tested
The Independent reports that only 15 per cent of care home staff have been tested for coronavirus since the start … Read more
Social Care
Care Homes – Hancock’s “protective ring” fails to protect
As the scale of the disaster inflicted on our care homes and social care by the Coronavirus has become clear, … Read more
PHE report: agency staff spreading Covid-19 between care homes
The Guardian reports that an unpublished government study by Public Health England (PHE) has found that temporary care workers transmitted … Read more
Hancock complacent as care home crisis continues
After a week of belatedly showing some apparent concern at the high levels of deaths in care homes from Covid-19, Matt Hancock … Read more
STP chair says care home residents paid ‘huge price’ for emptying of acute beds
HSJ reports that at a webinar on health and social care Patricia Hewitt, the chair of Norfolk and Waveney STP … Read more
£60,000 cannot make up for loss, say grieving NHS families
The families of NHS and social care workers who died after contracting coronavirus in the course of their duties will … Read more
Testing for Covid-19 – an unresolved fiasco
Matt Hancock’s sudden conversion on April 23 to the cause of mass tracing of contacts of people infected by Covid-19 and commitment … Read more
Front-line staff dealing with COVID-19 deserve an extra £29 a day, say MPs
Nursing Notes reports that the Liberal Democrats have suggested that NHS and social care workers on the frontline of the … Read more
Half of frontline care workers paid less than living wage
According to the Resolution Foundation think tank more than half of social care workers are paid below the real cost … Read more
Social care crisis risks two-tier blow to the poor, ministers warned
Ministers are being warned that the growing crisis in adult social care risks creating a “system for the rich” that … Read more