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• Matt Hancock’s NHS plan must be opposed | Letters

  17-02-2021 18:29
  
  Pamela Martin on the dangers in the government’s white paper and Mel Wood on why integrating social care with the health service isn’t the answer. Plus letters from David Hinchliffe and Steve SmartI am worried that the Guardian has not understood the significant danger that the government’s white paper for NHS reform poses to the health service (Matt Hancock lays out plan for reorganisation of NHS in England; NHS and social care blueprint; Editorial, 11 February). The proposals
  
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• Ian Rankin hits out at lack of Covid jab advice for people with learning disabilities

  17-02-2021 16:37
  
  Crime writer accuses governments in UK of ignoring people like his 26-year-old son, who is in a care homeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe crime writer Ian Rankin has criticised the “woeful” lack of information on the Covid vaccine rollout for people with learning disabilities after revealing his son is still awaiting his jab.Rankin, whose 26-year-old son, Kit, has Angelman syndrome and lives in a care facility close to the family home in Edinburgh
  
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• SweetTree Home Care Services has once again been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating by CQC

  17-02-2021 10:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  SweetTree Home Care Services has once again been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after volunteering for their new pilot inspection scheme which has been developed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.Only a tiny minority of care providers are recognised as being Outstanding by CQC – and an even smaller percentage are awarded it for a second time, which confirms SweetTree’s position as one of the best home care providers in the UK.Sw
  
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• Riverside House resident becomes social media sensation following National Storytelling Week

  17-02-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A resident at Riverside House care home in Morpeth has starred in a Jackanory worthy video for National Storytelling Week.Ella Stephenson 89, read her favourite book, The Tale of Jeremy Fisher, on camera which the home shared on its Facebook page as part of the nationwide initiative which aims to encourage storytelling and reading for all ages.The video received lots of support from the page’s followers, with many comments praising Ella on her professional recital and thanking the home for
  
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