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'Craving contact': a care worker's view of her clients' loneliness

09-08-2020 20:24

The government has a duty to ensure people who have worked most of their lives are properly cared for, says Tsitsi MudokwaniSocial care at breaking point in England after ‘lost decade’ – reportTsitsi Mudokwani, a trained nurse and full-time community care worker, has looked after hundreds of elderly and vulnerable people over the last two decades.She began working in nursing homes a year after she arrived in the UK from Zimbabwe and went to set up her own community partnership,

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Social care at breaking point in England after 'lost decade' – report

09-08-2020 16:30

Exclusive: government urged to quickly rectify years of policy failures and underfunding‘Craving contact’: a carer’s view of her clients’ lonelinessPolicymakers’ failure to tackle chronically underfunded social care has resulted in a “lost decade”, with the system now at breaking point, according to a report.A team led by Jon Glasby, a professor of health and social care at the University of Birmingham, says that without swift government intervention inc

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'Craving contact': a carer's view of her clients' loneliness

09-08-2020 16:30

The government has a duty to ensure people who have worked most of their lives are properly cared for, says Tsitsi MudokwaniSocial care at breaking point in England after ‘lost decade’ – reportTsitsi Mudokwani, a trained nurse and full-time community care worker, has looked after hundreds of elderly and vulnerable people over the last two decades.She began working in nursing homes a year after she arrived in the UK from Zimbabwe and went to set up her own community partnership,

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England can’t ease lockdown any more, expert warns as Covid testing calls grow

09-08-2020 13:37

Contact tracing must improve to prevent resurgence in England, say care chief and top scientistCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOne of the government’s most influential scientific advisers is warning that the loosening of lockdown may have already gone too far and that an urgent increase in coronavirus testing and faster contact tracing is essential to prepare for a resurgence in cases.Writing in the Observer , Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Tr

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We can’t ease lockdown any more, expert warns as testing calls grow

09-08-2020 08:47

Contact tracing must improve to prevent resurgence, say care chief and top scientistCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOne of the government’s most influential scientific advisers is warning that the loosening of lockdown may have already gone too far and that an urgent increase in coronavirus testing and faster contact tracing is essential to prepare for a resurgence in cases.Writing in the Observer , Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust and a m

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