Further action needed to protect care services

18 June 2020
Further action needed to protect care services
ADASS has published its second report into the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on social care services, arguing that more needs to be done.

Labour calls for routine testing of all health staff

18 June 2020
Labour calls for routine testing of all health staff
The Labour Party is calling for routine testing of all staff in the NHS and social care sectors to help minimise transmission of coronavirus.
The party’s Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, is calling for testing to expanded beyond symptomatic carriers, so that all staff are regularly tested once a week.

Khan threatens significant cuts across London

17 June 2020
Khan threatens significant cuts across London
Sadiq Khan has warned that he will be left with no choice other than to make significant cuts across the cpaital, unless the government acts.

UK carers 'forced to use food banks’ in lockdown

17 June 2020
UK carers 'forced to use food banks’ in lockdown
Unpaid carers are twice as likely as the general public to have relied on a food bank during the coronavirus pandemic.
That is according to new research from Carers UK, which found that 106,000 adults in the UK currently caring for someone outside of their household who is older, disabled or seriously ill, have used a foodbank.