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• UK care home records 24 deaths in one of worst Covid-19 outbreaks

  02-06-2020 21:23
  
  Coronavirus outbreak at Melbury Court in Durham infected 62 of the 82 residentsTwenty-four people have died at a care home in Durham in one of the worst known outbreaks of the coronavirus pandemic so far. The deaths occurred at Melbury Court, a home on the outskirts of the city which is operated by the UK’s largest provider of private care homes, HC-One. The outbreak infected 62 of the 82 residents. Continue reading...
  
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• Care home records 24 deaths in one of worst Covid-19 outbreaks

  02-06-2020 21:23
  
  Coronavirus outbreak at Melbury Court in Durham infected 62 of the 82 residentsTwenty-four people have died at a care home in Durham in one of the worst known outbreaks of the coronavirus pandemic so far. The deaths occurred at Melbury Court, a home on the outskirts of the city which is operated by the UK’s largest provider of private care homes, HC-One. The outbreak infected 62 of the 82 residents. Continue reading...
  
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• UK coronavirus: Hancock urged to act over higher Covid-19 death rate for BAME people - as it happened

  02-06-2020 20:25
  
  News updates: 324 new deaths in the UK; death rate in England higher among BAME people; testing data ‘widely criticised and often mistrusted’UK death toll passes 50,000Hancock’s press conferenceCovid-19 ‘spreading from care homes and hospitals’‘Flora needs me’: MP criticises Rees-Mogg plan
  Coronavirus – latest global updates 7.10pm BST That’s all for the UK live blog today, thanks for reading along - you can continue following the latest coro
  
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• UK coronavirus live: Hancock urged to act over higher Covid-19 death rate for BAME people

  02-06-2020 19:36
  
  News updates: 324 new deaths in the UK; death rate in England higher among BAME people; testing data ‘widely criticised and often mistrusted’UK coronavirus death toll passes 50,000, latest official figures showCovid-19 spilling out of care homes and hospitals - FergusonHow will UK’s new 14-day coronavirus quarantine work?
  ‘Flora needs me’: MP caring for wife hits out at Jacob Rees-Mogg’s plan
  Matt Hancock’s press conference - SummaryCoronavirus – l
  
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• UK coronavirus death toll passes 50,000, official figures show

  02-06-2020 17:46
  
  Grim milestone confirms UK status as one of the world’s worst hit countries ‘So much living to do’: stories of the UK’s coronavirus victimsCoronavirus – latest updates
  See all our coronavirus coverageThe UK reached a grim milestone in its battle with coronavirus on Tuesday, as the death toll surpassed 50,000 for the first time, according to official figures.The tally comes 10 weeks after the nation went into lockdown and confirms Britain’s status as one of the
  
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• UK coronavirus death toll passes 50,000, latest official figures show

  02-06-2020 17:46
  
  Latest official figures confirm UK status as one of the world’s worst hit countries Coronavirus – latest updates
  See all our coronavirus coverageThe UK reached a grim milestone in its battle with coronavirus on Tuesday, as the death toll surpassed 50,000 for the first time, according to official figures.The tally comes 10 weeks after the nation went into lockdown and confirms Britain’s status as one of the world’s worst-hit countries by a pandemic that has claimed about 3
  
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• Clare in the community: lockdown is making us pie-eyed

  02-06-2020 16:00
  
  Brian is basted Continue reading...
  
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• Covid-19 spilling out of hospitals and care homes, says UK expert

  02-06-2020 15:17
  
  Prof Neil Ferguson tells Lords committee cases will remain steady until SeptemberCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCoronavirus infections in hospitals and care homes are spilling into the community and sustaining the outbreak to the point that cases will remain steady until September, a leading scientist has warned.Prof Neil Ferguson, the head of the outbreak influential modelling group at Imperial College London, said he was shocked at how poorly care homes had b
  
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• UK coronavirus death toll nears 50,000, latest official figures show

  02-06-2020 11:05
  
  Latest official figures confirm UK status as one of the world’s worst hit countries Coronavirus – latest updates
  See all our coronavirus coverageThe UK’s death toll from Covid-19 is on the brink of exceeding 50,000, according to the latest official figures, confirming Britain’s status as one of the world’s worst hit countries by the pandemic that has claimed around 375,000 lives globally.The Office for National Statistics said that in England and Wales alone, 43,837
  
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• Lisa Harker: 'Remote family court hearings are not just or humane'

  02-06-2020 10:00
  
  The head of the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory on how parents and children are being failed during the coronavirus crisis“As soon as the [coronavirus] crisis hit, we realised that this basic human need to connect with people we cared about was likely to be affected by restrictions,” says Lisa Harker, director of the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory, which aims to improve the evidence for decision-making in the family justice system.“The abrupt halt to face-to-face time
  
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• VODG responds to CQC data on deaths of people with a learning disability

  02-06-2020 08:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  The regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has today published new analysis that demonstrates a significant increase in the death of people with a learning disability and/or autism from coronavirus (COVID-19). The analysis shows that there is a 134% increase in the number of death notifications this year compared with the same period in 2019. […]
  
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• Care home residents keep spirits up with retail therapy

  02-06-2020 08:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents at Beaumont Hall care home in Leicester have been enjoying a spot of retail therapy as staff unveil the newest addition to their home: the residents’ very own on-site convenience store.   The convenience store has been a huge success since its launch, as residents are able to shop at their leisure in the safety of […]
  
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• Residents at Fleet care home work with Creative Minds and Tate Exchange

  02-06-2020 07:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents in the dedicated Memory Care Neighbourhood at Sunrise of Fleet have created individual, personalised postcards as part of a project with Creative Minds. Creative Minds is a social enterprise consisting of a nationwide community of artists who deliver fun, therapeutic, and engaging art sessions to people of all ages. Sunrise of Fleet were invited […]
  
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