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• UK Covid: jabbing 12- to 15-year-olds will reduce impact of school disruption on children’s mental health – Whitty

  13-09-2021 19:33
  
  Chris Whitty says disruption ‘extraordinarily difficult for children’ and informed decision to recommend vaccinating 12- to 15-year oldsUK children aged 12 to 15 to be offered Covid jabFully vaccinated people account for 1.2% of England’s Covid-19 deathsVaccine booster programmes not appropriate now, say global expertsStarmer insists Labour does have alternative approach to social careSummary of Sturgeon’s SNP conference speechSummary of Downing Street lobby briefingNicol
  
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• Care homes urge easing of rules on overseas workers to tackle staffing crisis

  13-09-2021 18:52
  
  More than 70,000 care workers may have to leave sector in November if they are not fully vaccinatedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCare home leaders are urging the government to lift restrictions on low-paid foreign workers entering the UK to help solve a staffing crisis, which could be exacerbated by more than 70,000 staff being forced out in November if they do not get fully vaccinated.Care England, which represents the largest private care home chains, said m
  
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• Care homes urge easing of rules on overseas workers to avert staffing crisis

  13-09-2021 18:52
  
  Over 70,000 care home staff will have to leave sector in November unless they get two Covid jabsCare home leaders are urging the government to lift restrictions on low-paid foreign workers entering the UK to help solve a worsening staffing crisis, which could lead to up to 70,000 carers being forced out in November if they do not get fully vaccinated.Care England, which represents the largest private care home chains, said ministers should cut the qualifying salary level for overseas recruitment
  
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• Labour should turn to its 2019 manifesto for social care answers | Letters

  13-09-2021 17:51
  
  Readers believe the party should look to the pledges it made on tax and spendingHere’s an idea for Labour policy on social care – the one presented in the 2019 general election manifesto(Labour may tax wealth more heavily to fund social care, says Starmer, 9 September). This was a costed proposal for an extra £10.8bn in spending to establish a National Care Service, including free personal care for the over-65s, an end to 15-minute-maximum home visits, and an increase in the ca
  
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• Vulnerable children are victims of Tory policy | Letters

  13-09-2021 17:47
  
  The lack of help for troubled young people fills me with despair. Not much has changed since the 1980s, says Steven WalkerAnother story about the lack of help for troubled children (Sharp rise in acute medical beds occupied by children with nowhere else to go, 13 September) fills me with a sense of deja vu and despair. After 35 years in child protection and child and adolescent mental health services (Camhs) as a social worker and then psychotherapist, I’ve seen the same story time and tim
  
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• Shortfall of 50,000 doctors may overwhelm NHS in winter, BMA warns

  13-09-2021 17:36
  
  Number of medics in England fell further behind comparable EU countries over summer, as more consider quitting due to burnoutThe NHS may be unable to cope this winter because of a “frightening” shortfall of more than 50,000 doctors, the head of the British Medical Association has warned.The number of medics in England has fallen further behind comparable European countries over the summer, ahead of what is predicted to be one of the worst winters in the 73-year history of the health
  
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• We own two properties but live in a rented house. Would that affect care funding?

  13-09-2021 08:00
  
  We are concerned about what would happen if one of us needed to go into residential careQ We own two properties and have about £250,000 in equity spread across both. We rent out both properties and they are in a different part of the UK from where we live. We rent the house that we live in and have been here for 15 years.I know this is not a tax-efficient way of living but we are happy to pay tax on our rental income each year, and we absolutely love where we live, not least because the re
  
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