24/11/2020 - 11:05
Some people sleeping rough in some areas could be forced to stay out in the cold this winter to avoid a risk of infection in unsafe settings.
23/11/2020 - 17:20
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has provided further details of the government’s Covid Winter Plan to MPs, setting out post-lockdown rules.
23/11/2020 - 17:06
London Councils has that adult social care should receive the same funding increases as the NHS to safeguard London’s future resilience.
23/11/2020 - 09:29
Temporary ‘pods’ are being provided to care homes across Wales to better facilitate visits over Christmas and the winter months.
23/11/2020 - 07:25
The LGA says that coronavirus has exposed existing health inequalities which need to be levelled up if we are to protect our communities in future.
20/11/2020 - 14:30
The government has announced that care workers looking after people in their own homes will be offered weekly coronavirus tests.
19/11/2020 - 14:12
The Centre for Ageing Better has reported that coronavirus risks setting people in mid-life on a path to poverty and ill-health in old age.
19/11/2020 - 09:25
The National Care Forum has said that £500 million in extra government funding is needed to make care homes safe in the run-up to Christmas.
18/11/2020 - 12:20
The government has not been transparent about suppliers and services when it scrambled to award £18 billion worth of coronavirus contracts.
18/11/2020 - 09:27
A survey has shown that local authorities are facing a shortage of accessible housing, a problem made worse by some home builders' actions.
18/11/2020 - 09:22
The British Medical Association has warned that lifting lockdown without new measures in place risks deepening the crisis in our health service.
17/11/2020 - 12:16
The government could look at what ‘tiers there may be in the future’ when the current national lockdown ends on 2 December.
16/11/2020 - 12:35
Named family and friends may soon be able to regularly visit loved ones in care homes as a new testing pilot is launched.
16/11/2020 - 10:29
A project trialling digital technology with disadvantaged communities has found that tackling the ‘digital divide’ is crucial to reducing health inequalities.
16/11/2020 - 09:23
Labour has called for legislation that would include financial and criminal penalties for companies that fail to act to ‘stamp out dangerous anti-vaccine content’.
