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• The Guardian view on Starmer and the family: these bones need flesh | Editorial

  11-01-2021 20:30
  
  A progressive politics with a strong commitment to family relationships is certainly possible, but needs more detailsSir Keir Starmer’s sincerity when he talks about family is palpable. On Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs last year, as in a speech given on Monday, he appeared most animated when speaking of his feelings towards his parents, wife and children. The bonds between generations, and couples, clearly mean a great deal to him, as they do to most people. In 2021 our society is mo
  
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• 'Hot homes' scheme to ease strain on NHS falls well short of target

  11-01-2021 15:25
  
  Only 118 care home facilities for Covid patients have been set up in England, against pledge of 500Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA government plan to relieve packed hospitals by designating hundreds of care homes to accept Covid patients has fallen far short of its target, increasing pressure on the NHS.Only 118 “hot home” social care facilities have been set up across England, despite the Department of Health and Social Care saying in October that
  
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• After an unrelenting year, stressed-out NHS staff deserve more than a clap | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

  11-01-2021 15:20
  
  Morale is low and hospitals are at breaking point. The pandemic is taking its toll on the mental health of those who care for usCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOver the course of this pandemic, I have thought a lot about parallel lives. Back in the eerily quiet spring days of the first lockdown, it became apparent that healthcare workers were living a radically different existence from the rest of us. While many of us were safe in our homes, frightened but dista
  
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• More than 100 Jewish Care staff and residents receive Covid-19 vaccine

  11-01-2021 13:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  More than 100 staff and residents received the Covid-19 vaccine at Jewish Care’s Anita Dorfman House at Sandringham on Tuesday 29 December.  The residents were the first Jewish Care residents to be given their initial dose of the Pfizer vaccine as part of the national vaccination programme.The vaccine was delivered by an external team of trained healthcare professionals.On 30th December residents and staff at Jewish Care’s Otto Schiff home in Golders Green and Rela Goldhill at O
  
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• Superdrug goodies galore bring Christmas cheer to Croydon care home

  11-01-2021 10:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Christmas came early for one Croydon care home thanks to a mass delivery of presents from a leading high street beauty retailer.Whitgift House, South Croydon, was nominated by Superdrug as their chosen worthy cause to receive an array of gifts including beauty, bathing, showering and healthcare products as well as sweet treats.When the delivery was made last week, staff were stunned by the sheer volume of beauty products, chocolates and treats that filled the home’s reception area.The gift
  
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• Troon youngsters send festive cheer to shielding elderly residents

  11-01-2021 08:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Girls’ Brigade company have been spreading Christmas cheer to residents in a local care development by sending bespoke Christmas cards.The 1st Troon Girls’ Brigade in South Ayrshire have designed their own Christmas cards and sent them to residents and staff at Mansfield Care’s Belhaven House.At 50 strong, the youngsters hope to provide a card for every carer and resident to say thank you and send their best wishes over the festive season.Belhaven House had hoped to host the
  
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