Stockport care homes ordered to give staff full sick pay for Covid-related absences with ill carers 'struggling to make ends meet'

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BBC film that exposes blunders in the country’s care homes during the pandemic.They have stepped into the shoes of real-life care workers, whose jobs would be on the line if they were identified.The documentary ­Disclosure: The Care Home Scandal calls for a probe into where Scotland went wrong.

hereHundreds of carers in Salford could potentially be impacted should they, a member of their household or someone they look after fall ill.Care workers are twice as likely to die of Covid-19 than their counterparts in the health service, sparking fears those who do not receive sick pay may be continuing to work while unwell.One carer, who did not want to be named, said she was given a choice between Statutory Sick Pay - which is significantly below the normal rate - and annual leave after she

coronavirus deaths were found to be dirty and failing in infection control, according to a watchdog.In recent visits, the Care Inspectorate discovered a number of other facilities were “weak” in their basic cleanliness and the use of PPE months into the pandemic.One of the worst performers was Burlington Care Home, in Glasgow’s Queenslie, where 13 residents died in one week in April following a Covid-19 outbreak.Fullarton Care Home, in Irvine, has had 22 deaths.

issued by the government. Visits will resume in specific care homes in England once local directors of public health and local authorities decide it is safe to do so, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said.

hereRachel Hind owns two care homes in Trafford - Faversham House and Brookfield Nursing Home.The homes have remained coronavirus-free throughout the crisis. Rachel has vowed to ban visits to the home regardless of whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson decides to allow them or not.She says they will stay in a self-imposed lockdown until 'at least the end of the year'.

hereHowever Labour leader Keir Starmer insisted this was ‘not an apology’ and Jennifer - who works at a care home in Stockport - takes the same view.She said: “He has no right to say that. He should be saying 'well done', not just to the NHS but to the carers.

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Care leaders have branded Boris Johnson’s comments a “real slap in the face” after he suggested “too many” care homes did not properly follow procedures during the coronavirus pandemic.But Downing Street has declined to apologise, reiterating that care homes have done “a brilliant job”.The Prime Minister’s remarks came after he was asked what he made of NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens’ desire to see plans to adequately fund the adult social care sector within a year.“One of the things the

hereNo 10 has since said Johnson's comments were misunderstood and refused to apologise.But for care staff, residents and relatives listening, it seemed as if Mr Johnson had forgotten some key points of fact reported by the Manchester Evening News in April; the widespread reports at the start of the pandemic of patients being released from hospital straight into care homes without testing, severe PPE shortages, a lack of clear guidance until it was too late for many residents, and delays in a