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• Homecare services crisis in England at worst point yet, say operators

  12-12-2021 15:01
  
  Hours of unmet care increase more than fivefold since May to 1.5m, social care body finds, amid rising demand and staff shortagesServices that look after the elderly and disabled at home are facing the worst crisis in memory, operators have warned, with hours of unmet care in England increasing more than fivefold since May to 1.5m.Vital visits to look after people with dementia and other disabilities are being denied amid rising demand – including families concerned about sending their lov
  
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• Crisis in UK homecare services at worst point yet, say operators

  12-12-2021 15:01
  
  Hours of unmet care increase more than fivefold since May to 1.5m, social care body finds, amid rising demand and staff shortagesServices that look after the elderly and disabled at home are facing the worst crisis in memory, operators have warned, with hours of unmet care increasing more than fivefold since May to 1.5m.Vital visits to look after people with dementia and other disabilities are being denied amid rising demand – including families concerned about sending their loved ones to
  
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• ‘An insult’: care home bosses decry £60 payouts from Javid’s fund to retain staff

  12-12-2021 15:00
  
  Councils start to distribute cash from government scheme to stop exodus from sectorCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCare home bosses have called the first wave of government payouts intended to halt an exodus of workers “derisory”, after it emerged some operators had received grants of just £60 a person before tax.The government has offered amounts from a “retention and recruitment” fund launched by the health secretary, Sajid Javid,
  
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• Mothers and babies at risk as vital health services in England stay shut

  12-12-2021 10:45
  
  Experts fear postnatal clinics could remain closed even longer as Omicron restrictions are ramped up Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMothers and babies are being put at risk as vital health checks and support services remain shut months after lockdown was lifted, health professionals and charities have warned.Face-to-face services for new families stopped when lockdown began in March last year and have not come back in many parts of the country. Continue reading
  
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• Hunt launched to find ‘ghost children’ missing from schools in England

  12-12-2021 10:15
  
  England’s care commissioner begins exhaustive inquiry as a record number of absences are reported by 10 local authoritiesAn investigation to locate so-called “ghost children” who have fallen off the radar during the pandemic is to be launched by England’s children’s commissioner, the Observer can reveal, amid growing concerns over their welfare.In an intervention further highlighting the concerns over the whereabouts of tens of thousands of children, Rachel de Souza
  
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• Number of healthy patients ‘stranded’ in English hospital wards rises by 80%

  12-12-2021 09:38
  
  Many fit people are not being discharged because of a lack of adult home care or community health provision The number of patients stuck in hospital in England despite being medically fit to leave nearly doubled between February and November this year. The rise is worrying health experts, who say it is more evidence that the crisis in the adult care system is creating backlogs in the NHS.NHS England data shows that the number of times hospital trusts were unable to discharge a patient who no lon
  
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