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• Ministers were warned two years ago of care homes' exposure to pandemics

  13-05-2020 22:30
  
  Detailed reports by social care directors in England called for PPE and improved infection control Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters faced fresh allegations on Wednesday of failing to prepare care homes for a pandemic, as it emerged that Covid-19 may have killed 22,000 residents in England and Wales – more than twice the official toll.Council social care directors in England warned the government two years ago, in a series of detailed reports, abou
  
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• PMQs: Keir Starmer presses Boris Johnson over care home deaths

  13-05-2020 14:49
  
  PM accused of not knowing government’s coronavirus advice after clash in CommonsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson has been accused by Labour of not knowing the government’s advice on coronavirus after he told Keir Starmer at prime minister’s questions that it “wasn’t true” that the care home sector had been advised it was unlikely to face an outbreak.In a tricky series of exchanges in the Commons, Starmer put Johns
  
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• Drinking sugary drinks daily may be linked to higher risk of CVD in women

  13-05-2020 14:15
  In a study of female California teachers, drinking one or more sugary beverages daily was associated with nearly a 20% higher risk of having cardiovascular disease when compared to those who rarely or never drank sugary beverages. Daily consumption of fruit drinks with added sugars was associated with a 42% greater likelihood of having cardiovascular disease when compared to those who rarely or never drank sugary beverages.
  
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• Coronavirus: real care home death toll double official figure, study says

  13-05-2020 11:30
  
  Exclusive: number of residents in England and Wales who have died likely to be more than 22,000, says reportCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than 22,000 care home residents in England and Wales may have died as a direct or indirect result of Covid-19, academics have calculated – more than double the number stated as passing away from the disease in official figures.Academics at the London School of Economics found that data on deaths in care homes dire
  
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• Leading care home provider says council Covid-19 support “adds insult to injury”

  13-05-2020 09:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  A leading care home provider says the level of Sheffield City Council’s additional Covid-19 support offered a last week “adds insult to injury” and shows “complete and utter disrespect to the city’s minimum wage care workers who are risking their lives on a daily basis just to come to work”. Silver Healthcare – which employs […]
  
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• Balhousie care home residents share their memories of VE Day

  13-05-2020 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  The 75th anniversary of VE Day, Victory in Europe, which marked the end of World War II was celebrated across the UK, last weekend. While 2020 has been a hugely challenging time across the world, it’s hard for most to imagine what it must have been like to live through a dangerous war and to […]
  
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• Flowers, doughnuts and a ‘digital takeover’ all used to celebrate International Nurses Day

  13-05-2020 08:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Flowers, doughnuts and a ‘digital takeover’ are all being used to celebrate Nurse Heroes on an International Nurses Day with a difference at Morris Care on Tuesday 12 May. The leading care provider has delivered the tokens of appreciation to its six Nursing Homes in Shropshire and Cheshire, with a personal thank you note from […]
  
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• Gracewell resident recalls her experience as a volunteer with the Auxiliary Territorial Service

  13-05-2020 07:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Allied Victory in Europe, Joan Johnson, a resident at Gracewell of Bookham, has shared her experience of the Second World War.   In 1943, Joan was just 18 when she volunteered with the Auxiliary Territorial Service.   Her first posting was in Scotland where she spent six […]
  
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