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Boris Johnson announced on Monday 21st February 2022 that the Covid-19 restrictions for England have been fully lifted. Even though this made many people happy and excited to be back to a more familiar daily life, he also announced that all Covid-19 tests that had previously been free, will from Apr … read more

Although resident vaccination has reached 95% of care homes, staff vaccination does not appear to have been followed through with the same level of effectiveness.Several care homes have reported that vaccination teams have entered care homes without enough vaccines for staff as well as residents.&nb … read more

The NHS has announced that a COVID-19 vaccine has now been offered to all older residents at eligible care homes in England.NHS England said more than 10,000 care homes with older residents had been offered jabs, although a "small remainder" of homes had visits deferred by local public health direct … read more

Care home workers, NHS staff and the over 80's are among the first 137,897 people to have received the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week. It has been the largest vaccination programme in British history.The rate of vaccinations will continue to rise over the coming weeks, … read more

60 organisations have come together and sent an open letter to the government urging it not to take away care home visits to families and loved ones during the month-long lockdown which starts Thursday 5 November.Matt Hancock and Minister for Care, Helen Whately, wrote this letter to the Secretary o … read more

The letter, signed by Seona Douglas, Reading Borough Council’s executive director for Social Care & Health, alongside other adult social care directors, states: "In Berkshire West we consider that it is not acceptable to ask care homes to take new admission patients who are tested positive for COVID … read more