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• Dispatches from the Covid-19 frontline

  25-03-2020 20:27
  
  Readers and members of the medical profession share their reflections on how the UK is handling the coronavirus outbreakCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageYour story (Woman is first UK victim to die of coronavirus caught in hospital, 24 March) raises valid concerns about the iatrogenic spread of Covid-19. My surgical team is a regional unit serving three trusts. Rapid reorganisation and staff redeployment are under way to contend with the storm about to break. But
  
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• The Guardian view on social care and Covid-19: the neglected frontline

  25-03-2020 19:58
  
  Underpaid and overworked, care workers carry the responsibility of protecting the elderly from a disease to which they are uniquely vulnerable. They need more helpCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBefore December’s general election, Boris Johnson promised cross-party talks on the crisis in Britain’s social care system within 100 days of a new Conservative government. The self-imposed deadline expired at the weekend. In the context of the biggest public
  
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• The Coronavirus Bill – what do care providers need to know

  25-03-2020 18:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Coronavirus Bill – what do care providers need to know- Mei-Ling Huang, Royds Withy King The Government has now published the Coronavirus Bill. The Bill is making its way through Parliament. Royds Withy King explains what it will mean for care providers. This emergency legislation is being pushed through in record time to allow […]
  
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• Care workers move into Sheffield dementia home to shield residents

  25-03-2020 17:30
  
  Staff leave behind families to reduce risk of infecting vulnerable residents Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA group of care workers have left their families and moved into a care home for a “lock-in” with residents to help protect them from the coronavirus.At Bridgedale House, in Sheffield, nine staff members have packed their bags and said goodbye to loved ones in order to move into the facility full-time, reducing the risk of them infecting vulner
  
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• Learning disability charity explores use of technology as part of care provision

  25-03-2020 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Research into how social care providers are using technology to improve the lives of people they support has been shared by a national charity supporting adults with learning disabilities at a conference in Manchester. Emma Nichols and Ben Williams work in the Personalised Technology team at Hft, where they provide people with learning disabilities with […]
  
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• Coronavirus puts vulnerable UK children at greater risk, campaigners warn

  25-03-2020 07:00
  
  School closures remove vital safety net. But Covid-19 means there will be even fewer foster carers to pick up the piecesCare-leavers across the country are already repeatedly failed by the state. This pandemic will only make their situation more precarious, campaigners warn. It’s not just those who have left care. What will happen to the more than 78,000 “looked-after” children if already-scarce foster carers become ill and cannot cope with the needs of the traumatised or disa
  
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• Regular tub bathing linked to lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease

  25-03-2020 01:20
  Regular tub bathing is linked to a lower risk of death from heart disease and stroke, indicates a long term study, published online in the journal Heart.
  
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