Coronavirus: Ministers accused of 'negligence' towards care home residents and staff
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus: Ministers accused of 'negligence' towards care home residents and staff

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ministers have been accused of being “negligent” towards care home residents and staff, after it emerged that the target of delivering regular coronavirus tests this summer has been dropped. Prof Cummings’s memo is understood to say that “previously advised timelines for rolling out regular testing in care homes” were being dropped because of “unexpected delays”. Mr Ashworth said: “With infections rising, it’s frankly negligent ministers have failed to deliver on their promise to regularly test care home residents and staff. The DHSC spokesperson said: “It is completely wrong to suggest care homes were deliberately deprived of testing resources, and any care home resident or member of staff with symptoms can immediately access a free test.

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Cuomo testifies before House committee that accused him of COVID-19 cover up
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Cuomo testifies before House committee that accused him of COVID-19 cover up

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Andrew Cuomo began testifying publicly Tuesday before a …

Matt Hancock arrives to give evidence to Covid-19 inquiry
1 year, 6 months ago

Matt Hancock arrives to give evidence to Covid-19 inquiry

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former health secretary Matt Hancock has arrived to give evidence …

Government drops self testing and quarantine for coronavirus
1 year, 9 months ago

Government drops self testing and quarantine for coronavirus

Dutch News  

The cabinet on Friday agreed to scrap the last of the coronavirus measures currently in place, dropping the self-test requirement if people have complaints as well as the remaining quarantine measures. ‘By ending the last of the coronavirus measures, we are leaving behind an extraordinary period, and one which we will not forget quickly,’ Kuipers said. The public health institute …

Matt Hancock: What are claims and counterclaims over leaked Covid messages?
1 year, 10 months ago

Matt Hancock: What are claims and counterclaims over leaked Covid messages?

The Independent  

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Ex-UK health chief defends record after COVID messages leak
1 year, 10 months ago

Ex-UK health chief defends record after COVID messages leak

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s former health minister on Wednesday denied wrongdoing after a newspaper published extracts of private messages he sent in the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. The Daily Telegraph said the exchanges show that then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock ignored scientific advice to test everyone entering nursing homes for COVID-19. Hancock said the WhatsApp messages had been deceptively edited, …

Matt Hancock was warned it was 'inhumane' to impose restrictions on visiting care homes
1 year, 10 months ago

Matt Hancock was warned it was 'inhumane' to impose restrictions on visiting care homes

Daily Mail  

A former social care minister warned Matt Hancock that visitor bans in care homes during the Covid pandemic were 'inhumane', leaked WhatsApp messages reveal. Helen Whately voiced her opposition at the strict visitor rules in residential homes to the then-Health Secretary in October 2020 The messages show Health Secretary Matt Hancock advised against any sudden changes to the visiting rules, …

Coronavirus test centres can close, self-testing can stop, advisors say
1 year, 10 months ago

Coronavirus test centres can close, self-testing can stop, advisors say

Dutch News  

The government’s coronavirus advisory team says mass testing at regional centres can be wound down and that the recommendation to use self tests if people have symptoms can be dropped. In its 146th set of recommendations since the pandemic began three years ago, the Outbreak Management Team says the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and its sub variants is now …

Coronavirus test centres can close, self-testing can stop, advisors say
1 year, 10 months ago

Coronavirus test centres can close, self-testing can stop, advisors say

Dutch News  

The government’s coronavirus advisory team says mass testing at regional centres can be wound down and that the recommendation to use self tests if people have symptoms can be dropped. In its 146th set of recommendations since the pandemic began three years ago, the Outbreak Management Team says the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and its sub variants is now …

Every care home in England visited by coronavirus and flu vaccine teams – NHS
2 years ago

Every care home in England visited by coronavirus and flu vaccine teams – NHS

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Care home residents are among those we prioritised at the start of this rollout …

Matt Hancock condemned for ‘deluded’ recount of care homes during pandemic
2 years, 1 month ago

Matt Hancock condemned for ‘deluded’ recount of care homes during pandemic

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Matt Hancock’s memories of how he handled care homes during …

Matt Hancock's Pandemic Diaries EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT
2 years, 1 month ago

Matt Hancock's Pandemic Diaries EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT

Daily Mail  

He's been the target of so much public anger over Covid. Boris Johnson's advisor Dominic Cummings, pictured in Downing Street on March 12th 2020 Friday, March 13 A call with my fellow G7 Health Ministers. At least 40 care homes have knowingly been using staff with Covid Friday, March 13 2020 Simon Stevens says frail elderly patients who don't need …

Nursing home residents at risk as Covid infections rise 23%
2 years, 2 months ago

Nursing home residents at risk as Covid infections rise 23%

Dutch News  

The number of nursing home residents testing positive for coronavirus rose by 23% over the past week and hospital admissions are also rising, public health institute RIVM said in its Tuesday update. ‘Coronavirus can spread quickly in an open society without far reaching measures,’ the RIVM said. The number of coronavirus particles in waste water shot up 75% over the …

Nursing home residents at risk as Covid infections rise 23%
2 years, 2 months ago

Nursing home residents at risk as Covid infections rise 23%

Dutch News  

The number of nursing home residents testing positive for coronavirus rose by 23% over the past week and hospital admissions are also rising, public health institute RIVM said in its Tuesday update. ‘Coronavirus can spread quickly in an open society without far reaching measures,’ the RIVM said. The number of coronavirus particles in waste water shot up 75% over the …

Fewer than 500 people are now hospitalised with coronavirus
2 years, 7 months ago

Fewer than 500 people are now hospitalised with coronavirus

Dutch News  

The number of coronavirus patients being treated in Dutch hospitals fell below 500 on Thursday, for the first time since October 2021. The number of people testing positive for coronavirus fell to 10,000 last week but the figure is no longer an accurate representation of the spread of the virus, given that people are no longer been recommended to have …

Fewer than 500 people are now hospitalised with coronavirus
2 years, 7 months ago

Fewer than 500 people are now hospitalised with coronavirus

Dutch News  

The number of coronavirus patients being treated in Dutch hospitals fell below 500 on Thursday, for the first time since October 2021. The number of people testing positive for coronavirus fell to 10,000 last week but the figure is no longer an accurate representation of the spread of the virus, given that people are no longer been recommended to have …

‘Brutal’ NHS pressures stop Covid testing
2 years, 8 months ago

‘Brutal’ NHS pressures stop Covid testing

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Overstretched hospitals are stopping routine Covid tests for new patients as …

Government plans to scrap mandatory jab requirement in health and social care
2 years, 11 months ago

Government plans to scrap mandatory jab requirement in health and social care

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The requirement for care home …

Home care staff ‘waiting more than a week’ for coronavirus test results
3 years ago

Home care staff ‘waiting more than a week’ for coronavirus test results

The Independent  

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Care homes treated as ‘afterthought’ during first wave of pandemic, finds report
3 years, 2 months ago

Care homes treated as ‘afterthought’ during first wave of pandemic, finds report

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A joint inquiry by the Science and Technology Committee and the Health and Social …

Coronavirus | Home Ministry extends COVID-19 guidelines till September 30
3 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus | Home Ministry extends COVID-19 guidelines till September 30

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs has extended the implementation of COVID-19 management guidelines till September 30. The total number of active cases and high case positivity in some districts continued to remain a matter of concern, said the Ministry in an order. Observing that there was slackening in enforcement measures of authorities in States and Union Territories to ensure adherence …

Positive coronavirus tests soar to 5,475 as ministers ponder tighter rules
3 years, 6 months ago

Positive coronavirus tests soar to 5,475 as ministers ponder tighter rules

Dutch News  

The number of positive coronavirus tests soared to 5,475 in the 24 hours to Thursday morning, leaving the government considering bringing back some of the measures which were abandoned last month. Although the rise in positive tests has not yet translated into an increase in hospital admissions, ‘things are going fast’, health minister Hugo de Jonge said in an initial …

Positive coronavirus tests soar to 5,475 as ministers ponder tighter rules
3 years, 6 months ago

Positive coronavirus tests soar to 5,475 as ministers ponder tighter rules

Dutch News  

The number of positive coronavirus tests soared to 5,475 in the 24 hours to Thursday morning, leaving the government considering bringing back some of the measures which were abandoned last month. Although the rise in positive tests has not yet translated into an increase in hospital admissions, ‘things are going fast’, health minister Hugo de Jonge said in an initial …

Matt Hancock 'was warned over care home testing at start of pandemic'
3 years, 6 months ago

Matt Hancock 'was warned over care home testing at start of pandemic'

Daily Mail  

Matt Hancock was repeatedly warned over the risk of not testing people discharged from hospitals into care homes at the start of the pandemic, it was claimed today. The Care Provider Alliance, which represents Britain's care homes, said it warned the Department of Health and Social Care on March 26, 2020 that without testing care home residents 'there is no …

Coronavirus tests for holidaymakers will cost €350m, ministers say
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus tests for holidaymakers will cost €350m, ministers say

Dutch News  

Giving free coronavirus tests to holidaymakers who have not been vaccinated or had a second dose will cost up to €350m and there are many doubts about how to put the plan into practice, health minister Hugo de Jonge and infrastructure minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen have told MPs. One option would be to allow travel organisations to deal with the …

Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of aged care workers back under review after referral by Health Minister Greg Hunt
3 years, 7 months ago

Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of aged care workers back under review after referral by Health Minister Greg Hunt

ABC  

The medical experts helping guide Australia's coronavirus response have been asked to reconsider whether people working in residential aged care should be required to get the vaccine. Key points: An expert panel has been asked to reconsider the mandatory vaccination of residential aged care workers An expert panel has been asked to reconsider the mandatory vaccination of residential aged care …

Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of aged care workers back under review after referral by Health Minister Greg Hunt
3 years, 7 months ago

Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of aged care workers back under review after referral by Health Minister Greg Hunt

ABC  

The medical experts helping guide Australia's coronavirus response have been asked to reconsider whether people working in residential aged care should be required to get the vaccine. Key points: An expert panel has been asked to reconsider the mandatory vaccination of residential aged care workers An expert panel has been asked to reconsider the mandatory vaccination of residential aged care …

Ministers have not yet decided about further relaxing coronavirus rules
3 years, 7 months ago

Ministers have not yet decided about further relaxing coronavirus rules

Dutch News  

Ministers have not yet reached a decision about whether the coronavirus rules can be relaxed again from May 15, following weekend talks with health experts. ‘The minister understands that the travel restrictions can hit people hard, and that is why we are looking to see what more can be done,’ a health ministry spokesman told DutchNews.nl. Events Meanwhile, the FieldLab …

Provincial Italian hospital overrun by virus variant
3 years, 9 months ago

Provincial Italian hospital overrun by virus variant

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The 160-bed hospital in the …

Ministers warn that any change to coronavirus rules will be cautious
3 years, 10 months ago

Ministers warn that any change to coronavirus rules will be cautious

Dutch News  

Any changes in the current coronavirus measures will be confined to ‘small cautious steps’ even if a relaxation of the rules is an option, health minister Hugo de Jonge told reporters after Friday’s meeting with regional safety board chiefs. Ministers will meet at the prime minister’s official residence on Sunday to discuss the latest situation and will take to health …

UK marks first COVID vaccine milestone with care home protection
3 years, 11 months ago

UK marks first COVID vaccine milestone with care home protection

India TV News  

The UK government on Monday said it has hit a “crucial milestone" in its COVID-19 vaccination programme, with figures indicating that residents at every eligible care home with older residents across England now administered a life-saving jab. The National Health Service said nurses, general practitioners and other NHS staff have offered the life-saving jab to people living at more than …

Pledge to offer Covid vaccine to all care home staff by end of January has been missed, minister admits
3 years, 11 months ago

Pledge to offer Covid vaccine to all care home staff by end of January has been missed, minister admits

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A pledge to offer the vaccine to all care home staff …

Coronavirus: Companies sign up for rapid testing in workplace
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus: Companies sign up for rapid testing in workplace

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rapid coronavirus testing is being extended to dozens of businesses and …

Likely outbreak of UK Covid mutation at care home; 85 infected, 2 dead
3 years, 11 months ago

Likely outbreak of UK Covid mutation at care home; 85 infected, 2 dead

NL Times  

At least 85 people linked to a care home in Surhuisterveen, Friesland have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The group of 85 people who tested positive in January includes 45 residents of 't Suyderhuys, a facility operated by KwadrantGroep, and 40 staff members. Two of the residents who tested positive for the viral infection later died, the GGD Fryslân …

Coronavirus: London children's hospital consultant says wards are NOT full of youngsters with Covid
4 years ago

Coronavirus: London children's hospital consultant says wards are NOT full of youngsters with Covid

Daily Mail  

A London children's hospital consultant has blasted an 'irresponsible' nurse who gave a BBC radio interview claiming her hospital has a 'whole ward of children' with coronavirus. It comes as a report from Imperial College London warned the mutated super-infectious coronavirus strain was spreading quickly among children, but young people are not thought to be suffering from more severe symptoms. …

Coronavirus: Liverpool mass testing missed 60 per cent of cases and didn’t impact on infection rates, report says
4 years ago

Coronavirus: Liverpool mass testing missed 60 per cent of cases and didn’t impact on infection rates, report says

The Independent  

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‘A scandal’: Fury after hospital bosses given coronavirus vaccine ahead of front line medics
4 years ago

‘A scandal’: Fury after hospital bosses given coronavirus vaccine ahead of front line medics

The Independent  

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Covid UK: NHS office staff are being given Covid vaccines BEFORE frontline doctors and nurses
4 years ago

Covid UK: NHS office staff are being given Covid vaccines BEFORE frontline doctors and nurses

Daily Mail  

NHS workers are 'frustrated' that admin staff are being offered the Covid-19 vaccine before frontline doctors and nurses and that hospitals and GP surgeries face delays to deliveries of the crucial jab. The British Medical Association and the Doctors Association UK called for equal access to the jab amid concerns that GPs in high-risk roles are are being turned away …

Analysis: A virulent new strain of Covid-19 will mean more patients and sick staff for a battered NHS
4 years ago

Analysis: A virulent new strain of Covid-19 will mean more patients and sick staff for a battered NHS

The Independent  

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Exclusive: Hospital with sudden rise in coronavirus deaths failed to test all new emergency patients
4 years ago

Exclusive: Hospital with sudden rise in coronavirus deaths failed to test all new emergency patients

The Telegraph  

A hospital where there was a sudden rise in Covid-19 deaths in the autumn failed to test all new emergency patients on admission, the Telegraph can disclose. Tameside hospital in Greater Manchester admitted Jean Hale, 79, as an emergency patient in June and put her on a ward with Covid-19 sufferers without swabbing her first. Meanwhile, Telegraph analysis this week …

Exclusive: More than 10,000 patients caught Covid-19 while being treated in hospital
4 years ago

Exclusive: More than 10,000 patients caught Covid-19 while being treated in hospital

The Telegraph  

On Wednesday night, Dr Lara Alloway, the chief medical officer at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said that each outbreak of Covid-19 was “rigorously investigated” and they had brought in a number of measures including tighter visiting restrictions and increased testing for patients. Tameside hospital said that they had “rigorous infection prevention control measures in place” and that it would …

Logistical problems mean care home residents face wait for Pfizer Covid vaccine
4 years, 1 month ago

Logistical problems mean care home residents face wait for Pfizer Covid vaccine

The Telegraph  

On Wednesday, however, both Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, and Sir Simon Stevens, the chief executive of NHS England, sought to blur the distinction, suggesting that "in practice" doses would go to whoever among the first two categories was physically able to make it to one of the hospital vaccination hubs. Sir Simon said many of those offered a vaccine …

Great-grandmother, 78, faces being EVICTED from her care home today
4 years, 1 month ago

Great-grandmother, 78, faces being EVICTED from her care home today

Daily Mail  

A great-grandmother who is being evicted from her care home after having an 'unauthorised' visit through an open patio door with her police officer daughter had nearly died from Covid-19. Ms Hobbs - pictured outside the care home today - said she was 'heartbroken' that her mother had been evicted, and felt terrified about having to find her a new …

Nursing homes still see dangerously long waits for Covid-19 test results
4 years, 1 month ago

Nursing homes still see dangerously long waits for Covid-19 test results

CNN  

KHN — Nursing homes are still taking days to get back Covid-19 test results as many shun the Trump administration’s central strategy to limit the spread of the virus among old and sick Americans. The federal government “just hands stuff off to nursing homes and then says, ‘Hey, it’s yours; go use it,’” he said. “And then when things fall …

Coronavirus outbreak at Scottish care home kills residents
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak at Scottish care home kills residents

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A “number” of care home residents have died because of …

Coronavirus: Government throwing ‘lit match into a haystack’ by discharging Covid patients to care homes
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus: Government throwing ‘lit match into a haystack’ by discharging Covid patients to care homes

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The government has been warned it is throwing “a lit match …

Coronavirus: More than 100 care home inspectors forced to self-isolate as ministers withhold regular testing
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus: More than 100 care home inspectors forced to self-isolate as ministers withhold regular testing

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Department of Health and Social Care said inspectors do not get close enough to …

Aged care sector might not be ready for more coronavirus outbreaks, Royal Melbourne Hospital doctor warns
4 years, 2 months ago

Aged care sector might not be ready for more coronavirus outbreaks, Royal Melbourne Hospital doctor warns

ABC  

A doctor who reviewed the coronavirus outbreak that forced the Royal Melbourne Hospital to close its Royal Park campus is calling for more precautions in high-risk settings, warning more needs to be done to prevent a repeat of the aged care outbreaks that left almost 650 people dead. Key points: A review found varied symptoms in aged care patients made …

NHS England chief warns of ‘disturbing’ coronavirus signs as hospital admissions surge
4 years, 3 months ago

NHS England chief warns of ‘disturbing’ coronavirus signs as hospital admissions surge

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The chief executive of NHS England has warned of the strain …

Coronavirus: Amnesty demands immediate inquiry into care home residents ‘abandoned to die’
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus: Amnesty demands immediate inquiry into care home residents ‘abandoned to die’

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The report found that the death toll in England’s care homes was “entirely avoidable” and …

Elderly homes in Australia under fire after high COVID-19 deaths
4 years, 3 months ago

Elderly homes in Australia under fire after high COVID-19 deaths

Al Jazeera  

Elderly people in privately-run care homes account for about three quarters of the country’s COVID-19 deaths. Melbourne, Australia – Neville Vaughan was the “life of the party” at the aged care home, where he lived in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. The Royal Commission also revealed that the government regulator on aged care and safety gave perfect compliance ratings in 2018 and …

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