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Coronavirus
By Alzheimer’s Society
ONS figures show care home deaths still around 16 per cent higher than normal
Updated figures from the Office for National Statistics today show the number of care home deaths due to Covid-19 in England and Wales.
Coronavirus: 25,000 people discharged from hospitals to care homes before government started routine testing
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: 25,000 people discharged from hospitals to care homes before government started routine testing
Twenty-five thousand people were discharged from hospital into care homes before the Government started testing all patients entering care homes and not just those with symptoms.
Coronavirus
By Alzheimer’s Society
Alzheimer's Society responds to Government announcement of social care task force
Alzheimer's Society responds to today's Government announcement of new national Covid-19 social care support Taskforce.
Coronavirus: Matt Hancock announces launch of new social care task force to 'keep staff and residents safe'
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Matt Hancock announces launch of new social care task force to 'keep staff and residents safe'
Matt Hancock has announced the launch of a new social care task force to 'keep staff and residents safe' from coronavirus.
Matt Hancock says Government has hit target to offer coronavirus test kits to every care home
Coronavirus
Matt Hancock says Government has hit target to offer coronavirus test kits to every care home
Labour has accused the Government of being “too slow to act” as Matt Hancock said coronavirus tests had now been “delivered” to every care home serving the over-65s.
Coronavirus
By Alzheimer’s Society
Thousands of people with dementia dying or deteriorating – not just from coronavirus as isolation takes its toll
People with dementia worst hit by coronavirus in terms of deaths
Charities warn ‘less than half’ of care home residents tested for coronavirus – as government claims it is ‘on course’ to meet target
Coronavirus
Charities warn ‘less than half’ of care home residents tested for coronavirus – as government claims it is ‘on course’ to meet target
Fewer than half of care home residents have been tested for coronavirus, charities say – but ministers insist they are on course to meet their target of testing everyone in an over-65 setting by Saturday.
Coronavirus
By Alzheimer’s Society
ONS figures show care home deaths still 66% higher than normal – Alzheimer’s Society comments
New updated figures today from the ONS have given insight into the number of care home deaths due to Covid-19 in England and Wales
Charities warn Boris Johnson millions of vulnerable people at risk over 'mixed and confusing' coronavirus guidance
Coronavirus
Charities warn Boris Johnson millions of vulnerable people at risk over 'mixed and confusing' coronavirus guidance
Charities have warned millions of vulnerable people are being put at risk over the Government's "mixed and confusing" coronavirus advice.
Labour slams ministers over block-booking of care home beds for coronavirus patients
Coronavirus
Labour slams ministers over block-booking of care home beds for coronavirus patients
Labour have hit out at the Government after it emerged that beds in care homes had block-booked for recovering coronavirus patients to ease pressure on the NHS.
Coronavirus
By Alzheimer’s Society
Alzheimer's Society comments on UK DRI research showing need for coronavirus testing in care homes
The UK DRI has today released results from a cornavirus outbreak investigation in four London nursing homes.
Families of care workers who die from coronavirus can now stay in UK after Home Office climbdown
Coronavirus
Families of care workers who die from coronavirus can now stay in UK after Home Office climbdown
The families of NHS care workers and cleaners who die on the coronavirus frontline will be allowed to stay in the UK after a major climbdown from the Home Office.
PMQs: Boris Johnson claims UK will have ‘world-beating’ system to trace 10,000 coronavirus cases per day ready by 1 June
Coronavirus
PMQs: Boris Johnson claims UK will have ‘world-beating’ system to trace 10,000 coronavirus cases per day ready by 1 June
Boris Johnson has claimed the UK will have a “world-beating" system to test, track and trace for coronavirus up and running by 1 June.
Coronavirus: Cabinet minister admits Government chose to prioritise testing in NHS over care homes
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Cabinet minister admits Government chose to prioritise testing in NHS over care homes
The Government has been accused of leaving the “most vulnerable people out at sea without a life raft” after a Cabinet minister admitted they chose to prioritise testing in the NHS over care homes.
Coronavirus: Matt Hancock says government ‘will not rest’ as new figures show more than 9,900 people have died in care homes
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Matt Hancock says government ‘will not rest’ as new figures show more than 9,900 people have died in care homes
Matt Hancock has said ministers “will not rest” until the coronavirus epidemic is under control in the country’s care homes, as stark new figures revealed that more than 9,900 residents have died with the virus in England and Wales.
Coronavirus
By Alzheimer’s Society
ONS data shows twice the anticipated number of deaths in care homes – Alzheimer’s Society comments
New updated figures today from the ONS have given insight into the number of care home deaths due to Covid-19 in England and Wales:
Thérèse Coffey says ministers will have made coronavirus mistakes 'if advice was wrong' from scientists
Coronavirus
Thérèse Coffey says ministers will have made coronavirus mistakes 'if advice was wrong' from scientists
Thérèse Coffey has suggested "wrong" scientific advice could have led to blunders in the Government’s response to the pandemic.
UK coronavirus testing capacity ‘not increased early enough’ to halt ‘rampant’ spread in care homes, MPs tell Boris Johnson
Coronavirus
UK coronavirus testing capacity ‘not increased early enough’ to halt ‘rampant’ spread in care homes, MPs tell Boris Johnson
Britain’s “inadequate” testing capacity was “not increased early enough or boldly enough” to stop the coronavirus spreading rapidly through Britain’s care homes, a cross-party group of MPs has said.
Matt Hancock says he will ‘fight’ to give NHS staff ‘fair reward’ after coronavirus crisis
Coronavirus
Matt Hancock says he will ‘fight’ to give NHS staff ‘fair reward’ after coronavirus crisis
Matt Hancock has promised to “fight” to ensure nurses and other NHS staff are given a “fair reward” in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.
More than a third of coronavirus-related deaths among care home residents, new figures show
Coronavirus
More than a third of coronavirus-related deaths among care home residents, new figures show
More than a third of the UK's coronavirus-related deaths have been among care home residents, new figures have shown.
Coronavirus
By Alzheimer’s Society
Lonely and struggling to cope: Alzheimer’s Society reveals grave reality for people affected by dementia
During what should have been Dementia Action Week, Alzheimer’s Society survey uncovers what everyday life is for thousands.
Coronavirus
By Equality and Human Rights Commission
EHRC Chair comments on support for older people during pandemic
The current crisis has raised serious questions about how we value the rights of older people in our society
Keir Starmer demands retraction from Boris Johnson after he denies government coronavirus care home guidance
Coronavirus
Keir Starmer demands retraction from Boris Johnson after he denies government coronavirus care home guidance
Keir Starmer has urged Boris Johnson to “correct the record” after the Prime Minister claimed the Government never advised care homes that residents were unlikely to get coronavirus.
Coronavirus
By Alzheimer’s Society
Care homes ‘left to fend for themselves’ against coronavirus
Alzheimer’s Society warns the ‘lives of people with dementia continue to be put in danger’ and calls for weekly testing of all care home staff and residents, after finding over half of care homes can’t isolate residents, and 43% are still not confident of their PPE supply, despite nearly a third taking Covid-19 positive patients from hospital