"Is that it?" - Moment elderly care home residents receive their Covid-19 vaccines

coronavirus in a week.But there was no respite for the staff at the home, all they could do was try to support each other through the crisis as they battled with the guilt of possibly transmitting it and the fear of taking it home to their own families.The worker, who we have agreed not to name, told us about the horror of working in care homes while corona caused death all around her.She said: “I was very emotional.

direct to your inboxAn expert says outbreaks of Covid-19 are appearing in care homes after residents have had their first dose of the vaccine.Professor Martin Vernon, a consultant geriatrician in Greater Manchester, says he is “deeply concerned” by infection outbreaks “within, and beyond 21 days of vaccination”.The former national director for older people at NHS England says he would like to see second doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine administered as close as possible to the 21 days advised

Covid vaccination programme.Furious relatives want to know why residents in care homes for the elderly with learning disabilities are being treated differently from those in regular care homes.In care homes for the elderly all residents, regardless of age, are being vaccinated and 95 per cent of them have already received the jab.But in at least one care home for the elderly learning disabled the residents will only receive their jabs in line with the community vaccination programme.A relative

direct to your inboxEvery care home resident in Manchester has now been given the Covid-19 vaccine.Residents of the city's 56 care homes were among the first people to be prioritised for the vaccine rollout, with NHS teams aiming to have completed the vaccination programme by January 24.After a busy weekend, council bosses said every resident has now had the vaccine in the borough.The vaccines were administered by either local GPs or gtd healthcare with support from Manchester Health and Care

Wigan to administer the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.

direct to your inboxMore than half of people over 80 and care home residents have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in England.Health secretary Matt Hancock provided an update at a daily press briefing at Downing Street this evening.Mr Hancock confirmed that more than four million people have now been vaccinated and that half of people over 80 and care home residents had received their first dose.The Government said the over-70s and the clinically vulnerable were now receiving the

Hamilton’s Abercorn Care Home resident Annie Innes, 90, became the first person in a care home to receive the vaccine.Trudi Marshall, Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire nurse director, who is managing the care home vaccination programme across the whole of Lanarkshire, said: “We very rapidly scaled up our nursing workforce and carried out detailed planning in a very short time to enable us to roll the vaccinations out to some of our most vulnerable residents.“We have been vaccinating every

Lanarkshire care home residents have been vaccinated.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.NHS Lanarkshire has now completed administering the first dose of its coronavirus vaccine to eligible care home residents.Hamilton’s Abercorn care home was the first in Scotland to have residents vaccinated in min-December with 90 year old Annie Innes being the country’s first care home resident to receive the vaccine.Since then, almost 2,990 Lanarkshire care home residents have been vaccinated.The first

direct to your inboxAll care home residents and staff in Trafford have already been offered the COVID-19 vaccine.It is understood that around 12,500 people have already been vaccinated across the borough and Altrincham GPs are planning to have all of their over-80s and care home residents vaccinated by this weekend.This week, Martyn Pritchard, Accountable Officer for Trafford Clinical Commissioning Group, also confirmed all care home residents across Trafford have now been invited for at least

Carey Mulligan's performance in was more than promising. The actress is set to receive the International Star Award at the 2020 Palm Springs International Film Awards. The festival and film awards gala will not take place as an in-person event this year, but honoree selections will be announced to recognize this year's great performances. Among them, of course, is Mulligan's performance in as Cassandra Thomas, a woman who risks her life to avenge the death of her best friend.

The Palm Springs International Film Awards will award Carey Mulligan with the International Star Award for her performance in “Promising Young Woman.”The annual Festival and Film Awards Gala will be holding an in-person event this year, but honoree selections will still be announced to recognize the year’s best performances.“In ‘Promising Young Woman,’ Carey Mulligan boldly portrays Cassandra Thomas, a young woman, who risks her life to avenge the death of her best friend.

direct to your inboxClutching her comfort doll, Sheila Butler, 90, was among the first to receive the vaccine at her care home. It means she, and her 31 fellow residents at Bowfell House in Urmston, finally have a crucial layer of protection against a virus which has had such a brutal impact on care homes.

Support group for women continuing activities online during lockdownA shot produced by Pfizer/BioNTech was approved in early December last year, another made by AstraZeneca was cleared a fortnight ago and a third produced by Moderna was approved last Friday.The NHS Scotland letter reads: “NHS staff will be working as quickly as they can to roll this vaccine out.“The pace that they can deliver this entirely depends on how many vaccines are approved by healthcare regulators, and on how quickly the

Covid-19 vaccine has been hit by an outbreak of the virus.Experts have warned it showed that the shot was not enough to bring the pandemic to an end on its own.Groups representing families said they knew of other homes where residents had been treated but later developed symptoms.Abercorn Care Home in Hamilton received the Pfizer vaccine on December 14.That vaccine, the first in the UK to be given a safety licence, is most effective after two doses, the pharma firm says.Annie Innes, 90, who

direct to your inboxIt’s the moment residents and staff at Wellcroft Care Home have been waiting for - a delivery of vaccines that will eventually allow them to hug their loved-ones.Like all care homes, visitors have not been allowed inside since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March.Though necessary to keep everyone as safe, it's come at a huge emotional cost for residents, their relatives and care home staff.But on Thursday Wellcroft took one step closer to normality thanks to the