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• The Guardian view on no visas for care work: adding insult to injury | Editorial

  14-07-2020 20:16
  
  Priti Patel’s decision to exclude low-paid care workers from the government’s points-based immigration scheme plunges the sector further into crisisIn January, the Migration Advisory Committee laid out to government ministers some of the consequences of moving to a points-based immigration system. The social care sector, it pointed out, would be severely affected by new minimum salary thresholds, designed to keep out unskilled workers from abroad. This was because caring for the vuln
  
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• Why we should fear Boris Johnson’s bid to seize control of the NHS | Letters

  14-07-2020 19:13
  
  The coronavirus care homes scandal highlights the dangers of government plans for more direct control of the health service, writes Huw Lloyd-Richards, while Mavis Zutshi calls for a return to the founding values of the NHSYour report (Boris Johnson plans radical shake-up of NHS in bid to regain more direct control, 10 July) states that one goal is to increase the health secretary’s “powers of direction” over NHS England. This is alarming when we look at what happened with the
  
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• 'We need to plan for the worst': a care home owner's coronavirus diary

  14-07-2020 19:00
  
  David Romero McGuire reveals the struggle to protect residents amid a lack of guidance given to the sectorCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen David Romero McGuire, who owns a 48-bed care home in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, heard the prime minister criticise the care sector last week for failing to follow coronavirus procedures, it made his blood boil.In response, McGuire, has released extracts from a diary he kept as the Covid-19 pandemic spread through the UK, kill
  
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• 'I've decided to go against government guidance': a care home owner's diary

  14-07-2020 19:00
  
  David Romero McGuire reveals the struggle to protect residents in the coronavirus crisis
  Covid-19 outbreaks up to 20 times more likely in large care homesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen David Romero McGuire, who owns a 48-bed care home in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, heard the prime minister criticise the care sector last week for failing to follow coronavirus procedures, it made his blood boil.In response, McGuire has released extracts from a diary he kept as th
  
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• 'Fighting something invisible': how a UK care provider is curbing Covid-19

  14-07-2020 19:00
  
  After more than 1,000 deaths, one chain is grouping residents and staff into ‘bubbles’ in a potential model for the sectorCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt was on 2 April that Robert Murray, a Glasgow care home manager, received bad news: the first coronavirus infection among his residents. Three weeks earlier, he had closed the doors of the 110-bed Greenfield Park facility to outsiders to try to keep the virus at bay. But in a large home served by
  
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• Covid-19 outbreaks up to 20 times more likely in large care homes - UK study

  14-07-2020 19:00
  
  Exclusive: Likelihood of infection entering home triples with every additional 20 bedsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCoronavirus outbreaks are up to 20 times more likely in large care homes, according to a major study seen by the Guardian, prompting calls to divide them into “bubbles” before any second wave hits.In research that will increase scrutiny of private care chains, which often operate the largest facilities, NHS Lothian and Edinburgh Unive
  
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• Covid-19 outbreaks up to 20 times more likely in large care homes, study finds

  14-07-2020 19:00
  
  Exclusive: Likelihood of UK homes being infected triples with every additional 20 bedsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCoronavirus outbreaks are up to 20 times more likely in large care homes, according to a major study seen by the Guardian, prompting calls to divide them into “bubbles” before any second wave hits.In research that will increase scrutiny of private care chains, which often operate the largest facilities, NHS Lothian and Edinburgh Unive
  
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• Clare in the community: Brian faces the bald truth

  14-07-2020 16:00
  
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• Care costs in England should be capped, says social care adviser

  14-07-2020 15:08
  
  Sir Andrew Dilnot says uncapped care costs leave families at risk of losing assetsCare costs should be capped at £45,000 a year in England and more cash ploughed into provision for the poorest in society, according to Sir Andrew Dilnot, who has advised successive Conservative governments on reform.The measures to bring care funding closer into line with the NHS would cost an extra £3.1bn a year – a 14% increase on councils’ social care budget – Dilnot said in eviden
  
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• Government must stop England's children becoming long-term victims of Covid-19 | Jenny Coles

  14-07-2020 15:01
  
  The social toll of coronavirus on young people could be devastating unless children’s services get the funding they needCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCovid-19 appears to pose a lower risk of infection to children and young people, but its social toll could be devastating. Coronavirus has intensified the challenges many children and young people face and there are widespread concerns about lost learning, domestic abuse, poverty, and the impact of social d
  
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• The care sector: collateral damage, second class citizens and a slap for carers- COVID and Brexit

  14-07-2020 09:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  Campaigners say a Government decision to deny overseas care workers a visa to work in Britain has robbed the social care sector of vital staff to look after older and vulnerable people. The Independent Care Group (ICG) said the Government had ignored the vital role social care staff played and the recruitment crisis the sector […]
  
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• Traditional Scottish fanfare for Margaret’s 100th birthday

  14-07-2020 08:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  A resident at Muirton House care home has celebrated her socially distanced 100th birthday with traditional Scottish fanfare. Margaret McGregor has lived at the home on Perth Road for the past two years, and staff at the home treated her to a party with fellow residents and two bagpipers serenaded them from outside the home. […]
  
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• Belong at Home expands wellbeing support for older people

  14-07-2020 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A home care service provider is helping older people to stay active and independent during the coronavirus lockdown. Customers of Belong at Home, the home care provision from dementia specialists, Belong, are now enjoying support to help maintain mobility, following the launch of bespoke exercise plans and free resistance training bands.   Designed by Belong’s […]
  
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