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• Official statistics show deaths in care homes double in a week

  28-04-2020 22:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Today, for the first time since reporting on deaths due to COVID-19 began on 6 March, we finally have the promised joint data release from the ONS and the CQC. This has been billed as a way of providing a more detailed and timely picture of the impact of COVID-19 on adult social care, using […]
  
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• Government to launch new improved data report on COVID-19 deaths

  28-04-2020 20:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Government will introduce a new system for reporting data on COVID-19 deaths across all settings on a daily basis from tomorrow, 29th April 2020.   Currently, only data on deaths in England occurring in hospital settings of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 have been included in daily updates.   PHE have updated […]
  
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• The Guardian view on Covid-19 and care homes: promises are not enough | Editorial

  28-04-2020 20:35
  
  The coronavirus crisis has still not peaked in the social care sector. Flattening this curve must be the government’s absolute priorityCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson has a talent for arresting phrase-making, and it was duly deployed outside Downing Street as he returned to active duty. Comparing Covid-19 to a street mugger, the prime minister said that as a result of ongoing lockdown measures, the country has begun to “wrestle it to th
  
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• The Guardian view on children in the pandemic: hidden victims | Editorial

  28-04-2020 20:34
  
  The removal of important protections from children in care is a grim indicator of ministerial priorities The removal of protections in 10 sets of regulations relating to the care of looked-after children in England, with no public consultation or parliamentary debate, must be seen for what it is: an attack on their rights. Added to a broader set of concerns about the impact of the lockdown on poorer, vulnerable and at-risk children, particularly the rise in domestic abuse and the widening educat
  
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• Care home fatalities to be included in daily coronavirus death tolls

  28-04-2020 20:03
  
  Move comes after sharp rise of more than 4,300 deaths over a fortnight in England and WalesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe death toll from coronavirus in care homes will be announced daily from Wednesday after figures revealed a sharp rise of more than 4,300 deaths in a fortnight in England and Wales and care operators said they were at “the epicentre of this crisis”.The health secretary, Matt Hancock, said care deaths would now be tracked in the
  
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• Clare in the community: masker of disguise

  28-04-2020 16:00
  
  Clare realises that coronavirus is not the only thing she needs protection from Continue reading...
  
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• Work-related stress linked to increased risk for peripheral artery disease

  28-04-2020 15:35
  People who reported work-related stress were more likely to be hospitalized for treatment of peripheral artery disease compared to those who did not report work-related stress. Work-related stress, or job strain, refers to psychological and social stress at work, often from high expectations combined with lower levels of personal control.
  
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• Inside a British care home during the lockdown – in pictures

  28-04-2020 14:35
  
  Amberwood care home is a family-run facility in Wigston, Leicester. Despite the Covid-19 lockdown staff there are continuing the normal routines, within current government guidelines, to care for residents and keep them safe Continue reading...
  
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• Lifting the lockdown blues at Ashton-under-Lyne care home

  28-04-2020 14:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  Downshaw Lodge in Ashton-under-Lyne is treating residents to fun and fabulous fitness sessions to banish their lockdown blues. Staff at the care home, which caters for gentlemen living with dementia, wanted to ensure that the residents’ lives were disrupted as little possible during the period of lockdown. Alex McClusky, the head of the domestic team […]
  
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• England and Wales record 4,343 care home coronavirus deaths in a fortnight

  28-04-2020 12:25
  
  Official figures show sharp rise in mortality as operators say outbreak has not yet peakedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than 4,300 people in care homes across England and Wales died from Covid-19 in a fortnight, according to official figures which show a sharp increase in mortality outside hospitals. The latest figures mean that more than 25,000 people have died across the UK after contracting coronavirus.Data gathered by the care homes regulator, publish
  
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• UK records 4,343 care home coronavirus deaths in a fortnight

  28-04-2020 11:20
  
  Official figures show sharp rise in mortality as operators say outbreak has not yet peakedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than 4,300 people in care homes died from Covid-19 in a fortnight, according to official figures which show a sharp increase in mortality outside hospitals.Data gathered by the care homes regulator, published for the first time on Tuesday by the Office for National Statistics, showed that from 10-24 April, care homes reported 4,343 death
  
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• CQC marks Leigh-on-Sea home as ‘Outstanding’

  28-04-2020 07:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Admiral Court Care Home in Leigh-on-Sea has become the second care home in a month to receive an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the Care Quality Commission.   The health watchdog gave the residential, nursing and dementia home the maximum overall rating putting it in a small percentage of care homes across the country to achieve this high […]
  
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