Crucial plans to free up space in hospitals this winter were in disarray last night after care homes refused to take coronavirus patients unless the Government protects them from legal claims. The row means thousands of pensioners now face the prospect of being stuck in hospital alone at Christmas. The Department of Health wanted to discharge … Read more
Care home residents will finally be allowed to hug their loved ones again – and some may even be able to join their families for Christmas, it emerged last night. In his first major intervention on the Daily Mail’s Christmas campaign, Boris Johnson promised that rapid tests for visitors would be rolled out to all … Read more
If one moment could sum up the gut-wrenching misery of it all, this was probably it. The time is about 11.30 on a grey November morning and my 90-year-old grandmother is hurtling along the A303 to Cornwall, frightened out of her skin. Gwen Hyde, a widow and former psychiatric nurse who is adored by her … Read more
Seven in ten people with a close relative in a care home have been unable to see them since March, shocking new figures reveal. Hundreds of thousands of family members have undergone ‘eight torturous months’, banned from visiting their loved ones. Others have been invited to care homes for an ‘end-of-life’ visit – only to … Read more
Seven in ten people with a close relative in a care home have been unable to see them since March, shocking new figures reveal. Hundreds of thousands of family members have undergone ‘eight torturous months’, banned from visiting their loved ones. Others have been invited to care homes for an ‘end-of-life’ visit – only to … Read more
Urgent investigation is launched after nearly a quarter of residents at one care home die from Covid as outbreak claims 15 lives Incident management team in place at Llangollen Fechan Care Home in Wales Over the last three weeks there have sadly been 56 positive cases and 15 deaths In addition 33 staff members have … Read more
Urgent investigation is launched after nearly a quarter of residents at one care home die from Covid as outbreak claims 15 lives Incident management team in place at Llangollen Fechan Care Home in Wales Over the last three weeks there have sadly been 56 positive cases and 15 deaths In addition 33 staff members have … Read more
Love Island’s Lucie Donlan looks sensational in a tiny blue bikini as she joins Amber Turner and Molly Smith for new sizzling hair care campaign By Olivia Wheeler For Mailonline Published: 11:42 GMT, 20 November 2020 | Updated: 11:56 GMT, 20 November 2020 They soared to fame on the ITV2 dating series and ITVBe show. … Read more
A judicial review will probe whether the Government failed to protect care home residents from Covid-19 following a successful legal challenge by two bereft daughters. A High Court judge today ruled in favour of Dr Cathy Gardner and Fay Harris who took action against Matt Hancock, the NHS and Public Health England over their handling of the crisis. … Read more
A High Court judge has ordered a judicial review into whether the Government failed to protect two care home residents who died of Covid-19. The bereft daughters of the pair of elderly men won the right for a probe to be launched after tacking action against Matt Hancock, the NHS and Public Health England over their handling … Read more