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• Care homes can’t cope with Covid patients | Letter

  17-01-2021 19:41
  
  Sylvia Andresco worries about coronavirus-positive patients being discharged into the care home where her father livesThe plan by the Department of Health and Social Care to dump Covid-19 patients into care homes has not been given adequate publicity, so the Guardian’s attention to this scheme is very welcome (Plan to discharge Covid patients to care homes in England is ‘madness’, 14 January; ‘Hot homes’ scheme to ease strain on NHS falls well short of target, 11 Ja
  
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• Social care to receive £269 million to boost staffing levels and testing

  17-01-2021 09:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  The impact of the new variant is being felt across the country, with staff absence rates rising sharply both in care homes and among home care staff, due to testing positive or having to self-isolate.The funding announced today will protect and support the social care sector, including care homes and domiciliary care providers, by increasing workforce capacity and increasing testing.The vital infection prevention and control guidance on staff movement in care homes is also being reinforced, with
  
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• Help out. Join up. Stay informed – the public has a part to play in COVID-19 vaccines delivery plan

  17-01-2021 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  COVID-19 vaccines delivery planThe NHS has vaccinated around 45% of those aged 80 and over in England and is encouraging people who have been offered a vaccine to book their appointments as soon as possible. Over one million people aged 80 and over have now been invited to book their jab at one of England’s NHS vaccination centres.Helping vulnerable people to get their vaccinations is one of three pledges the government has asked the public to make to support the largest vaccination progra
  
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