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• The Guardian view on social care and disability: a cruel policy vacuum | Editorial

  03-06-2021 19:33
  
  The issue is often framed around ageing. But disabled people of all ages urgently need answers to the social care question There cannot be many adults in the UK who are unaware of the importance of social care. Whether they have encountered the issue through personal experience of supporting friends or relatives, or on the news, most will also recognise that meeting the needs of the growing number of people who cannot take care of themselves is a serious challenge. What fewer may notice is that
  
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• Covid care home tragedy: we, the bereaved, need to know the full truth

  03-06-2021 19:33
  
  Susan Hemmings would like to know the origins of the directive that led to elderly patients being discharged from hospitals without being tested for coronavirusI was relieved to see, in letters (30 May), the truths gradually emerging on the care home tragedy. The unspeakable duty-of-care failure of both the NHS and the Department of Health and Social Care has often been described as returning elderly patients to “their care homes” untested for Covid. Yes, that was bad enough. But wha
  
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• Cummings’ care homes claims could lead to corporate manslaughter charges | Alex Bailin

  03-06-2021 11:00
  
  The former adviser’s testimony on Covid and care homes should sound legal alarm bells at the Department of HealthCriminal lawyers watched Dominic Cummings’ electric testimony at the health and science select committees last week with considerable interest. Not just because every select committee cries out for forensic cross-examination, but because if some of Cummings’ key claims are true then legal alarm bells should sound.Cummings’ central claim was “We were told
  
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• Cummings’ care homes claim could lead to corporate manslaughter charges | Alex Bailin

  03-06-2021 11:00
  
  The former adviser’s testimony on Covid and care homes should sound legal alarm bells at the Department of HealthCriminal lawyers watched Dominic Cummings’ electric testimony at the health and science select committees last week with considerable interest. Not just because every select committee cries out for forensic cross-examination, but because if some of Cummings’ key claims are true then legal alarm bells should sound.Cummings’ central claim was “We were told
  
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• Solihull resident enjoys heart-warming trip down memory lane

  03-06-2021 08:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Royal Star & Garter resident has enjoyed an unforgettable 95th birthday after the staff at the Solihull Home teamed up with a local school for a trip down memory lane.Celebrations to mark Barbara Bale’s special day on Friday 7 May started with a surprise visit to Solihull School on Warwick Road, a place dear to her heart as it was where husband Bill taught Latin for 17 years, before his death in 1969.Barbara described the visit as “a wonderful surprise” and said she was &
  
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• Loanhead care home hosts Spring Olympics to stir activity among its residents

  03-06-2021 08:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  A CARE home has hosted a ‘Spring Olympics’ event for its residents to fulfil their cravings for competition and activity.Organised by the care staff, the week-long series of competitions at Mansfield Care’s Pine Villa featured rounds of pool, Jenga, and basketball, with a Sports Quiz to close the tournament.It comes after the residents enjoyed a programme of competitions throughout the winter months which inspired the care staff to curate the Spring Olympics, creating opportuni
  
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