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• Victoria's Covid-19 aged care disaster: 'this virus is like a fire out of control'

  24-07-2020 22:00
  
  The Melbourne outbreak is ‘terrifying’ for families, but experts say it was predictable and systemic problems in the sector were well known before the pandemicVictoria’s aged care system on verge of collapse amid Covid-19 surge, doctors warn
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  lThe disaster unfolding in Victoria’s aged care homes was “absolutely foreseeable”, one of the country’s foremost experts in aged ca
  
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• High-deductible health plans and major cardiovascular outcomes

  24-07-2020 17:23
  New research finds that individuals with cardiovascular disease risk factors who switched to high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) did not experience increased risk of heart attack or stroke.
  
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• Myths and realities of public sector pay hikes

  24-07-2020 17:17
  
  George Binette says less than a quarter of workers will benefit, while Vic Rayner decries the fact that care home staff have been forgotten and Angela Pickering believes the headlines are just government spin. Plus Marc Boix Codony, a consultant neurologist, is clear where the money should go – and it’s not to himMuch of the coverage on Tuesday (Coronavirus: almost 900,000 public sector workers to get pay rise, says Sunak, 21 July) suggested that public sector workers were to benefit
  
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• Lack of testing and PPE among key England Covid-19 mistakes, MPs told

  24-07-2020 12:33
  
  Exclusive: older people also ‘catastrophically let down’ by hospital discharges to care homes
  Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA lack of protective equipment, inadequate testing, and discharging people from hospitals into care homes were the key mistakes made by the government in its approach to coronavirus in England, according to the first responses given to a major coronavirus inquiry seen exclusively by the Guardian.Older people were “catast
  
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• Royal British Legion welcomes substantial grant from Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust

  24-07-2020 09:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Royal British Legion has welcomed a grant of £250,000 from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust. The award from the Covid-19 Impact Programme will be used to help staff to continue providing critical support for elderly residents at four of its care homes. The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust is administering the Covid-19 Impact […]
  
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• Partnership sees volunteers in Abbeyfield homes

  24-07-2020 07:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Abbeyfield Society, a charity operating over 400 residential homes for older people nationwide, has started a new partnership with residential development firm Taylor Wimpey, which will see Taylor Wimpey employees volunteering their time in Abbeyfield homes during the coronavirus pandemic. Taylor Wimpey Director Charles Waggett, leading by example, was the first to volunteer at […]
  
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