Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.Health chiefs have vowed to stay “vigilant” at care homes as no further Covid-19 deaths were reported for the fifth week in a row.Beth Culshaw, chief officer of West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Partnership, said weekly staff testing is still taking place, with more than 3,200 tests carried out.She said in-house data recording reported a total of 67 Covid-related deaths in local care homes,
Two care homes hit by coronavirus deaths were dirty and failing in infection control
24.07.2020 - 07:03 / dailyrecord.co.uk
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.
In May, it was found to have poor
.
The website popstar.one is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
09.08.2020 / 17:37
No new coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Greater Manchester for third day in a row
The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Sunday, August 9 stands at:Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereEach day the NHS in England publishes the number of deaths recorded by each hospital trust in the last 24-hour period.These are deaths where the person had tested positive for the virus or where COVID-19 was mentioned on
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
08.08.2020 / 22:07
UK coronavirus deaths increase by 55 in the last day
coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Friday, up by 55 from the previous day.
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
08.08.2020 / 19:57
No new coronavirus deaths recorded in Greater Manchester's hospitals for the second day running
The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Saturday, August 8 stands at:Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust - 253Each day the NHS in England publishes the number of deaths recorded by each hospital trust in the last 24-hour period.These are deaths where the person had tested positive for the virus or where COVID-19 was mentioned on their death certificate.NHS England's daily figures often sometimes include previously uncounted deaths
dailyrecord.co.uk
06.08.2020 / 16:05
Process of registering COVID-19 tests placing further strain on Perth and Kinross care homes
Perth and Kinross Integration Joint Board on Friday, July 31. Dumped butane cylinder could have killed refuse staff Gordon Paterson, the chief officer of Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), said that, while testing had initially been a challenge, progress had been made.
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
03.08.2020 / 17:38
No new coronavirus deaths recorded by hospitals in Greater Manchester
coronavirus deaths have been recorded at hospitals in Greater Manchester today. The region's hospital death toll now stands at 2,141, the latest NHS figures show.Nationally, five new deaths of people with COVID-19 in hospitals have been announced but none in the entire north west region.The five patients were aged between 66 and 95 and all had underlying health conditions.
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
02.08.2020 / 20:21
Another eight UK coronavirus deaths reported in last 24 hours
coronavirus cases in the UK stands at 304,695.A further five people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals to 29,347, NHS England said.Patients were aged between 52 and 86 years old, and all had known underlying health conditions.The Department of Health has paused the publication of its daily death figures while a review is conducted into how the data is compiled by PHE.Today's daily figures
dailyrecord.co.uk
25.07.2020 / 07:07
Scots stars take parts in BBC film exposing care homes blunders that led to virus death surge
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.
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
22.07.2020 / 17:35
Government updates its guidance for visiting care homes
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.
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
16.07.2020 / 21:51
How care homes in Greater Manchester plan to deal with a potential 'second wave' of coronavirus... they won't be waiting around for the government to take action
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'.
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
16.07.2020 / 15:23
Stockport care homes ordered to give staff full sick pay for Covid-related absences with ill carers 'struggling to make ends meet'
hereBut Stockport council has now joined 12 other north west authorities, in formally supporting and UNISON’s Care Workers vs COVID-19 Campaign.Councillors have unanimously backed a Labour motion calling for action to address the ‘serious public health risk’ to care workers who - according to the Office for National Statistics - are twice as likely to die from coronavirus than their NHS counterparts.Stockport council has been awarded £3.1m from the government’s Infection Control Fund, to help