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Warning issued over Covid-positive care staff
Providers have been warned regulatory action will be taken against them if Covid-positive staff are found to be working in care settings.
Staff who have...
On the same footing
Professor Green is determined not to lose sight of the bigger picture
Despite a rather slow start, the vaccine roll has in the main been...
Frontline clinicians should be protected from litigation, says MDU
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has called on ministers to protect frontline healthcare workers from Covid-related litigation.
Speaking at a Westminster Health Forum conference on...
Getting connected
There has been a profusion of digital mental health solutions as incumbents look to raise their profile and start-ups seek traction in the post-pandemic...
Resilient health and social care attracts investors
Healthcare assets are attracting greater levels of capital from investors as demand has remained resilient during the pandemic, a survey has found.
Commercial real estate...
Care home staff risk being ‘lost in the rush’ over Covid-19 vaccine
Care home staff who should be vaccinated against coronavirus run the risk of missing out as different priority groups get offered the injection.
A snapshot...
Funding to target at risk groups over vaccine misinformation
More than £23m funding has been allocated to 60 councils and voluntary groups across England to help boost coronavirus vaccine take up.
The money, announced...
NHSE triggers surge capacity clause at London hospitals
NHS England has triggered the ‘surge clause’ in a number of contracts with private hospitals in London, requiring them to turn over 100% of...
Rising Covid-19 infections dampen care sector’s recovery, says Laing
The number of occupied beds in older people’s care homes may not return to pre-Covid-19 levels until 2023, with the second wave of infections...
Government offers indemnity to designated care settings
The government will introduce a time-limited indemnity offer to care providers wanting to join its designated settings scheme.
Operators have been unable to join the...
Bupa Health Clinics offers PCR Covid-19 testing service
Bupa Health Clinics has launched a new Covid-19 testing service with nurse-led follow up support via its Bupa Anytime HealthLine.
The at-home PCR tests are...
Free PPE for care providers extended to summer
Care providers will continue to receive free personal protective equipment (PPE) until the end of June.
The scheme, which was originally announced to be rolled...
Occupancy ‘growing’ at Barchester Healthcare
Occupancy continues to grow at Barchester Healthcare despite ‘adverse headwinds’ caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The pandemic led to a drop in revenue at the...
NHSE signs interim contract with independent sector as Covid cases surge
Independent healthcare providers have signed an interim contract to provide additional capacity to the NHS up until the end of March as cases of...
CMuk meets… Robert Kilgour
With more than 30 years’ experience in the care business, the founder of Renaissance Care joined the sector by accident. Here, he discusses how...
Fertile conditions
Alyson Scurfield, chief executive of TSA, offers insight into her own personal experiences and how the time has come for investment in a technology-enabled...
Workers seek digital physiotherapy treatment during pandemic
Employee benefits provider Unum experienced a surge in digital physiotherapy use through its Help@hand app during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The health and wellbeing platform saw...
Pressures and guidance may have led to incorrect care decisions
Incorrect decisions on the use of do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) may have occurred due to a combination of ‘unprecedented pressure’ on care...
HM meets… John Reay
Covid-19 has changed the very fabric of independent healthcare in the UK during the past seven months, but the transformation has been keenly felt...
People with learning disabilities ‘not valued’, Dimensions CEO tells inquiry
Government guidance issued to providers in supported living during the pandemic has ‘often seemed illogical and contradictory’, the chief executive of Dimensions UK has...
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