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• English councils set for £1bn bailout as costs of Covid-19 hit them hard

  17-04-2020 19:51
  
  Some authorities on brink of insolvency due to cashflow problems caused by lockdownCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters are preparing a £1bn bailout to prevent a number of English councils from collapsing into insolvency as a result of huge cashflow problems caused by the coronavirus lockdown.The move, expected on Saturday, follows warnings that councils face liabilities running into several billion pounds due to the soaring costs of dealing with the
  
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• English councils set for £1bn bailout as coronavirus ravages finances

  17-04-2020 19:51
  
  Some authorities on brink of insolvency due to cashflow problems caused by lockdownCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters are preparing a £1bn bailout to prevent a number of English councils from collapsing into insolvency as a result of huge cashflow problems caused by the coronavirus lockdown.The move, expected on Saturday, follows warnings that councils face liabilities running into several billion pounds due to the soaring costs of dealing with the
  
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• The Guardian view on recognising care work: a royal charter would help | Editorial

  17-04-2020 19:25
  
  Royal colleges have been beneficial for doctors, nurses and other public health professions. The vocation of social care deserves the same status During the past week, the health secretary, Matt Hancock, has been the butt of much-deserved criticism over the mishandling of the coronavirus crisis in care homes. On crucial issues, from testing for the disease to the provision of protective equipment to employees, the government’s response has been unacceptably sluggish and inadequate.Given th
  
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• UK fashion designers join hands to make scrubs for key workers

  17-04-2020 18:32
  
  Phoebe English, Holly Fulton and Bethany Williams form Emergency Design NetworkCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLike many businesses, the fashion industry has ground to a halt during the coronavirus crisis. As some brands pivot towards making the face masks, gowns and scrubs much needed by healthcare workers, three London-based fashion designers have set up the Emergency Designer Network (EDN), seeking to “galvanise local level production” and supplem
  
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• Public Health England is playing Russian roulette with vulnerable residents

  17-04-2020 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  A York care home operator has accused Public Health England of playing Russian roulette with some of her homes’ most vulnerable residents. Rachel Beckett, chair of Wellburn, which has three homes in the York area – Grimston Court in York, Rosevale in Wigginton and St Catherine’s in Shipton by Beningbrough – says every care home […]
  
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• Silva service provides a pick-me-up for housing association customers

  17-04-2020 17:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Caring Lynette Bloomfield has set up a food delivery support service, to help Silva Homes’ most vulnerable customers stay stocked throughout the coronavirus pandemic.   As Silva’s Aids & Adaptations Administrator (previously Health & Wellbeing Coordinator) Lynette usually organises fun weekly activities and events at the Bracknell-based housing association’s independent living homes.       […]
  
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• Coronavirus has revealed what's wrong with our approach to ageing | Sonia Sodha

  17-04-2020 14:40
  
  Britain’s attitude to older people focuses on managing decline rather than enabling joy and loveCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage“Have a badge.” The latest initiative of the health secretary, Matt Hancock, to boost the status of care workers has been widely mocked, not because it’s an innately bad idea – care workers report being turned away from shopping slots reserved for health and emergency staff – but because it seems like
  
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• Arguments over carers' badges mean little when society is so blighted by ageism | Sonia Sodha

  17-04-2020 14:40
  
  Britain’s attitude to older people focuses on managing decline rather than enabling joy and loveCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage“Have a badge.” The latest initiative of the health secretary, Matt Hancock, to boost the status of care workers has been widely mocked, not because it’s an innately bad idea – care workers report being turned away from shopping slots reserved for health and emergency staff – but because it seems like
  
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• Coronavirus: vulnerable people may die alone due to impact on UK home care

  17-04-2020 10:23
  
  Financial pressures including cost of PPE could lead to closure of many firms, say carer groupsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThousands of isolated, vulnerable people living at home face “falling through the cracks” in the next two months unless the government steps in to protect them, the body representing their carers has warned.The United Kingdom Homecare Association said financial pressures resulting from the coronavirus crisis, including the sp
  
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• Coronavirus crisis could force UK home care providers to abandon vulnerable people

  17-04-2020 10:23
  
  Financial pressures including cost of PPE could lead to closure of many firms, say carers groupsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThousands of isolated, vulnerable people living at home face “falling through the cracks” in the next two months unless the government steps in to protect them, the body representing their carers has warned.The United Kingdom Homecare Association said financial pressures resulting from the coronavirus crisis, including the s
  
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• Blackburn Couple Celebrate 55th Wedding Anniversary Celebration!

  17-04-2020 10:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Despite the current pandemic situation and all care homes being on lockdown with nobody able to visit their loved ones, the team at Community Integrated Care’s EachStep Blackburn Care Home were determined to help Harry and Norma Campbell celebrate their 55th Wedding Anniversary! Harry, who is originally from Glasgow met Norma at a dance he […]
  
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• Prince William and Kate speak of coronavirus impact on NHS staff

  17-04-2020 10:11
  
  Duke and Duchess of Cambridge say daily stress of helping critically ill patients is not normalCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have spoken of the stresses on frontline NHS workers who have to absorb the “pain, fear and loneliness” of critically ill Covid-19 patients, while putting their own lives and health on the line.The couple also acknowledged the lockdown was “stressful” for many, and that there was
  
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• Sunrise of Bassett resident celebrates her 100th birthday

  17-04-2020 07:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A resident at Sunrise of Bassett, Iris Edwards, has celebrated her 100th birthday. Despite her birthday celebrations being cancelled due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, the team at Sunrise of Bassett ensured she had the best day. Iris received dozens of birthday cards and flowers and the home’s talented chefs made her individual cupcakes. Although […]
  
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