RECENT NEWS

The number of deaths in care homes related to Covid-19 has declined by 31%, according to the latest weekly data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Care England has called on the UK government to do more to ensure more £3.2bn of emergency funds for councils to help tackle the Covid-19 pandemic gets to the social care front line.

Care providers have backed government promises of extra help for care and nursing homes in the battle against Covid-19.

Scotland has introduced new arrangements to strengthen the clinical oversight of care homes to help providers deal with the Covid-19 crisis.

A leading care home manager has warned the sector faces a devastating second wave of Covid-19 infections due to the UK government’s response to the virus.

MEDsan UK has launched a Covid-19 testing strategy for businesses wanting to get employees back to work.

Care home residents account for over a third of all UK deaths related to Covid-19, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics.

Birmingham GP organisation South Doc Services (SDS) has pioneered a free-to-use support service for all the care homes in the city by using telephone and video technology.

A care and rehab group is to host a webinar on Friday (15 May) to share its experience of internal operations software used during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Barchester Healthcare has acquired a Hampshire development site with planning permission for a 62-bed care home from Newcore Capital Management.

The UK government is to spend an extra £600m on infection control in care and nursing homes to help the fight against Covid-19.

The outbreak of Covid-19 has led to the death of least 20,000 people in care homes in England and Wales according to an estimate by Reuters based on official data.

Social care is the sector most likely to recover in 2021 from a UK economic downturn according to commercial property specialists Instant Offices.

Care providers fear a spike in the number of care and nursing home deaths from coronavirus if lockdown restrictions are lifted too quickly despite a downward trend in weekly data.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has launched an online portal for care homes in England to arrange the supply of Covid-19 testing kits.

White goods manufacturer Miele GB has appointed Clare Humphrey to lead launches of new products for its professional division.

The rate of Covid-19 related deaths among social care workers in England and Wales is twice the national average, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

UK guidance on discharging hospital patients to care homes is likely to form a key plank of a future public inquiry into the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to law firm Kingsley Napley.

A group of first-time care home buyers has acquired the Faith House residential property in the South Gloucestershire village of Severn Beach off an asking price of £600,000.

Care home residents are set to benefit from new technology that offers easier access to a GP while minimising risk of infection from Covid-19.