...a strong recommendation in health and social care settings. This policy was again reviewed in June but mask-wearing continued to be strongly recommended, meaning that many residents in care homes possibly...
...challenged the advice of Public Health England, issued on February 25th, that it was “very unlikely that anyone receiving care in a care home or the community will become infected”?...
...– Amnesty International’s Verdict on Government’s Care Homes Policy The Mail on Sunday ran a story yesterday about an Amnesty International report on the disastrous impact of the UK Government’s...
...but not recruiting or training enough healthcare workers to staff them, decommissioning the Nightingales, failing to eliminate in-hospital infection and the ongoing scandal of secondary transmission in care homes… no....
...since NY made the same mistake as the UK, where 1/3rd of deaths are care home residents (and Sweden, where >50% deaths are in care homes or care-at-home), which was...
...adult social care in England. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and we encourage care services to improve. We monitor,...
...the response to the pandemic must hear of the tragedies that have resulted. Many organisations have asked for families to be included in the regular testing in care homes and...
...hospitals and care homes, argue that the ban is unlawful. Julia Jones, co-founder of the John’s Campaign, has said that care home residents have been “comprehensively ignored” over the past...
...available from the law firm Addleshaws. Care Homes Ban Christmas Decorations Care homes are being banned from putting up Christmas trees and decorations by local authorities due to “infection control...
...that the low death toll is due to an effective track and trace system and the swift and decisive action taken in care homes. Around 12,000 Singaporean citizens live in care homes,...
