No policy to deny hospital beds to care home residents with coronavirus, government insists

Up to half of the coronavirus deaths in Europe are care home residents, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

No one should die alone, without loved ones there to support them.

The Scottish Government did a U-turn on coronavirus testing in care homes yesterday – announcing that all new residents would be checked.

A number of residents at a care home in Edinburgh have died of suspected coronavirus.

Birdman is giving back to his hometown in a big way.

Scotland is failing to meet world renowned scientific advice on testing and the treatment of care home residents.

Care chiefs have raised concerns after the death of several elderly residents at a Scots care home amid a suspected coronavirus outbreak.

A care home in Scotland has become the fourth such facility to report deaths following suspected coronavirus cases.

Former EastEnders actor Ross Kemp has come under fire for visiting an intensive care unit treating coronavirus patients with a camera crew.

Andy Burnham has insisted there is ‘no policy’ to deny hospital beds to care home residents after multiple accounts of people being told they would not be admitted, despite having symptoms.

A Salford high school teacher has been spending her days making personal protective equipment for key workers.

The family of a 98-year-old war hero have told of their 'through the window' visits with him at his care home during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown.

Thirteen residents at a Scots care home have died in a week following a suspected coronavirus outbreak.

A terminally ill Scots mum who beat coronavirus raced from her hospital bed to her dying mother's care home window to see her one last time.

Care home residents with suspected coronavirus are being denied hospital beds, a shadow minister has warned, raising concerns of a ‘blanket policy’ across the system.