The South African Covid variant has caused an outbreak in a care home in a London borough where only half of staff have been vaccinated – the lowest rate in England. At least 13 staff and 10 residents in a home in Lambeth, in the south of the capital, tested positive for the mutated strain … Read more
The South African Covid variant has caused an outbreak in a care home in a London borough where only half of staff have been vaccinated – the lowest rate in England. At least 13 staff and 10 residents in a home in Lambeth, in the south of the capital, tested positive for the mutated strain … Read more
Ben Fogle, 47, gets his Covid jab early because he and his wife are classed as as carers for their epileptic daughter Ben Fogle gets coronavirus jab and says how lucky developed world is to have it The TV star has climbed Mount Everest and has also crossed the Sahara desert But the adventurer admitted … Read more
Ben Fogle, 47, gets his Covid jab early because he and his wife are classed as as carers for their epileptic daughter Ben Fogle gets coronavirus jab and says how lucky developed world is to have it The TV star has climbed Mount Everest and has also crossed the Sahara desert But the adventurer admitted … Read more
Carers who have to sleep at their workplace in case they are needed overnight are not entitled to the minimum wage for their whole shift, the Supreme Court has ruled. In a landmark ruling on Friday, the UK’s highest court dismissed an appeal by former Mencap support worker Claire Tomlinson-Blake. Lawyers representing Mrs Tomlinson-Blake, who was … Read more
Britons can cheat the Covid vaccine queue system by claiming to be a carer to get jabbed early. Officials aren’t thoroughly checking the credentials of people when they turn up for their appointments, inoculated people claim. NHS bosses say carers and NHS staff must provide proof of their occupation when they go to get vaccinated, … Read more
Meet the dedicated NHS carer whose remote island home means she has perhaps the UK’s toughest commute – including a moonlit hike, a treacherous row and sometimes even a rock climb. Vanessa Rochester, 32, and her family are the sole occupants of an otherwise uninhabited Scottish island cut off from the mainland by a raging … Read more
Meet the dedicated NHS carer whose remote island home means she has perhaps the UK’s toughest commute – including a moonlit hike, a treacherous row and sometimes even a rock climb. Vanessa Rochester, 32, and her family are the sole occupants of an otherwise uninhabited Scottish island cut off from the mainland by a raging … Read more
Diego Maradona’s carer crushed sleeping pills into his beer so he wasn’t a nuisance at night and he was given alcohol on-demand at 9am in the months before he died, investigators in Argentina are told Ongoing prosecution probe into Diego Maradona’s death has heard about his battles with alcohol during the final months of his … Read more
For almost a year now, Anne Shepherd has been barred from seeing her son Sam, who lives in a care home. It has been agony for both of them – a scenario familiar to thousands of families who’ve suffered in similar ways throughout the pandemic. Sam, 42, who has severe learning disabilities, is confined to … Read more