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• The Guardian view on Parliament's return: in dark days, shine a light | Editorial

  19-04-2020 19:30
  
  Ministers have governed by press conference for too long. MPs must start to hold them to account for their actions in the Covid-19 pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageParliament’s return this week is overdue. Since MPs left Westminster on 25 March, the country has been battered by the full force of the Covid-19 pandemic. More than 16,000 people have died. The health service has been stretched as never before. The economy has shuddered almost to a halt.
  
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• NHS workers don’t want applause, they want PPE | Letters

  19-04-2020 18:57
  
  Readers on the shocking lack of personal protective equipment and government ineptitude that is leading to the deaths of frontline staffCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageI am a retired consultant paediatrician. My beautiful, intelligent and brave son, daughter-in-law and niece are frontline junior doctors. One works in an ICU where, like around a third of staff, he does not have a respirator mask that fits, or adequate supplies of eye protection. Another is on a C
  
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• More BAME people are dying from coronavirus. We have to know why | Sadiq Khan

  19-04-2020 17:03
  
  The government must collect the data and publish it, so that this injustice can be endedSadiq Khan is mayor of LondonCoronavirus latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs the death toll sadly continues to climb, it’s clear Covid-19 spares no one. Young, old, rich, poor, northerner, southerner – everyone is at risk of catching, spreading and potentially succumbing to the coronavirus.However, this doesn’t mean the impact of this crisis is being felt equally. More and more,
  
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• Foreign NHS workers are risking their lives for us – and paying for the privilege | Nesrine Malik

  19-04-2020 16:00
  
  They are battling on the coronavirus frontline but still liable for the NHS surcharge, set to rise to £624
  Many of the foreign doctors, nurses and carers working on the NHS frontline without adequate protection are secretly struggling on another front, too. They cannot afford to pay the fees levied by the Home Office to enable them to remain in the UK and continue their work. Often they fall into debt to pay the charges. Some of them simply leave the country once their permits are up for r
  
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• UK care homes body estimates 4,000 residents died from coronavirus

  19-04-2020 15:29
  
  NCF calls for ‘ring of steel’ and says findings highlight flaws in official count and ‘scale of tragedy’UK coronavirus updates – liveAll our coronavirus coverageA group representing care home providers in the UK has estimated that about 4,000 residents have died during the coronavirus pandemic and has called on the government to build a “ring of steel” to safeguard “the most vulnerable among us”.The National Care Forum said that once the deat
  
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• Care homes body says 4,000 residents may have died from coronavirus

  19-04-2020 15:29
  
  NCF calls for ‘ring of steel’ and says findings highlight flaws in official count and ‘scale of tragedy’UK coronavirus updates – liveAll our coronavirus coverageA group representing care home providers has estimated that about 4,000 residents have died during the coronavirus pandemic and has called on the government to build a “ring of steel” to safeguard “the most vulnerable among us”.The National Care Forum said that once the deaths of resi
  
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• Hospitalised patients moved to ‘Inadequate’ rated Halifax care home

  19-04-2020 12:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group has revealed COVID-19 patients, some of which are coming from Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, are to be accommodated at the Calderdale Retreat Nursing Home, in Greetland- The care  home was recently inspected by the Care Quality Commission  and currently requires improvement. A spokesman for Calderdale CCG, said: “It’s important patients don’t spend […]
  
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• Family heartbroken as ‘kind-hearted’ care worker mum, 26, dies from coronavirus

  19-04-2020 11:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sonja Kaygan died without family or friends near her on Friday morning after spending more than two weeks in intensive care, her cousin Sherrihan Afifi told news media outlets . She also had bronchitis but it is unclear whether she had bronchitis before contracting Covid-19, she said. More than 14,000 people have now died with […]
  
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• Growing evidence that coronavirus deaths in care homes may be far higher than recorded so far

  19-04-2020 10:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  New data has added to growing evidence that the number of deaths linked to coronavirus in UK care homes may be far higher than those recorded so far. The National Care Forum (NCF) estimates that more than 4,000 elderly and disabled people have died across all residential and nursing homes. Its report comes amid calls […]
  
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• Half of frontline care workers paid less than living wage

  19-04-2020 09:03
  
  Staff working to keep vulnerable people safe should have immediate pay rise, says thinktank
  Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than half of social care workers putting their health at risk during the coronavirus outbreak are paid below the real cost of living, according to an analysis of their working conditions. Staff are also four times more likely to be on a zero-hours contract than the average worker.Many care workers and providers were continuing to exper
  
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• When it comes to care workers, don't just applaud, pay them properly | Torsten Bell

  19-04-2020 07:30
  
  We, as voters, must share the blame for undervaluing key workersWe like to clap our care workers. On my street, as on almost every other, people are out in force each Thursday to applaud the NHS and social care workforce. Drums and the odd firework are involved. But how much effort have we put in as a society to treat those very same social care workers with a shred of respect in recent decades? Precisely zero is the unavoidable conclusion from new Resolution Foundation research.More than a mill
  
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• Medical staff face weeks without protective gowns

  19-04-2020 07:30
  
  Anger grows over government failure to stockpile essential PPE for hospital and social care workersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDoctors and nurses treating Covid-19 patients face shortages of protective full-length gowns for weeks to come, it has emerged, as anger builds over the failure to stockpile the garments.Critical shortages of the gowns have meant that some trusts have already had to make do with the best available alternatives as a result of the shor
  
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