Nov 5, 2020
Black, Asian and minority ethnic health workers require extra care during the coronavirus second wave, a minister has said as the human rights watchdog launches a structural inequality investigation. Care minister Helen Whately made the warning in a speech at the annual Association of Directors of Adult Services conference on Thursday. She said the Covid pandemic has “highlighted” inequalities […]
Nov 3, 2020
Critcon levels 3 and 4 are enacted during a ‘full stretch’ and ‘emergency’, when other wards need to be used for critical care. But 146 units out of 222 (65 per cent) are still at ‘Critcon 0’, which is defined as ‘business as usual’ by the NHS. Just 29 units (13 per...
Oct 31, 2020
In April, three front line staff were pictured wearing clinical waste bags on their heads and feet due to a shortage of PPE, with others reportedly forced to share or buy their own. “They were concerned that they were going to pass the virus on to their...
Oct 23, 2020
Telemedicine should be used as a first port of call to consult on care home residents with Covid symptoms, new guidance from a local authority says, sparking fears of “needless deaths”. Bradford Council alerted care providers late on Thursday night with...
Oct 21, 2020
Amnesty International raised fears on Wednesday that these errors are being repeated, with leaked documents from councils to care homes asking them how many beds they can provide for Covid-positive patients. While the documents ask care homes to set out their...
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