Home carers to get free weekly coronavirus tests from Monday to stop disease spreading among vulnerable adults Roll-out will mean any asymptomatic cases can be detected and isolated quickly Gives ‘peace of mind’ to carers and residents they are not spreading the virus Comes after weekly tests were offered to carers in homes for over-65s … Read more
Toddler aged 17 months drowned in rainwater trough in garden of his foster carer’s Somerset home, his family say Thomas Branchflower, aged seventeen months, found ‘unresponsive’ in trough His mother, Tanya, said: ‘He was very much loved and adored by us, his parents’ Inquest is now underway, with preliminary cause of death given as drowning By … Read more
Carers are to be banned from working in more than one home to halt Covid spread after claim outbreaks in first lockdown were fueled by staff employed at multiple sites Government understood to be drawing up laws to make staff movement illegal ONS found care homes with agency staff had higher Covid rates than others … Read more
Unpaid carers spent an extra 92 MILLION hours looking after relatives with dementia since coronavirus lockdown, new figures show The Alzheimer’s Society found families forced to increase their care since March This is partly because paid caring services contracted during the pandemic It estimates that women carried out 62million of these 92million extra hours By … Read more
I am a carer for my husband who has had three strokes. I wasn’t aware that I could claim my state pension, but when I did many thousands of pounds were deducted from the backpayment. I am still a carer looking after my husband, but am no longer entitled to a carer’s allowance because I … Read more
Just before 8am yesterday morning, an articulated lorry rolled into the car park at Marie Curie’s West Midlands hospice, loaded up with personal protective equipment. Inside were boxes containing 200,000 aprons and 120,000 masks – all donated by Mail Force. The delivery marks the next stage of a Mail Force push, which will see 2.3million … Read more
Hero carers on coronavirus frontline join in Mail’s litter-picking drive… on their day off Covid-19 heroes on the health front line back the Great British September Clean Clinical nurse Simon Green still helps out with his local litter picking group Care worker Rachel Andrew, 31, took her son Dylan, eight, out litter picking By Helena Kelly For … Read more
Clamp for our carers! Free parking for NHS staff will end as the coronavirus pandemic eases, government confirms The government initially on March 25 said it would cover NHS staff parking costs However, the Department of Health now says that it cannot continue doing so Free parking will only continue for patients and staff in … Read more
The PM announced in the briefing today that the UK would clap one final time on Sunday at 5PM Boris Johnson announced today that the country will clap for keyworkers one last time on Sunday at 5PM. It comes after the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) published an open letter saying they would take part in the … Read more
Kate Garraway, her son Billy, 10, and daughter Darcey, 14, clapped for carers on Thursday night as her critically-ill husband Derek continues his fight against coronavirus. The Good Morning Britain host took to Instagram to share a video of herself and her children applauding key workers in her kitchen, after the weekly clap ended last … Read more