The NHS COVID vaccination programme, the biggest and most successful in the health service’s history, is delivering jabs at thousands of sites throughout the festive period – with more than a million slots still available in the run up to the New Year. Anyone who is due a booster, first or second jab can book…
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The world is being hit by a tsunami of Omicron. Scientists, politicians and indeed all of us are grappling with what it means for our lives. Restrictions are tightening in parts of the UK and other European countries in order to tackle the new variant. There’s a constant stream of new information – some worrying,…
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Transmission of COVID-19 is already high in the community, mainly still driven by Delta, but the emergence of Omicron adds additional and rapidly increasing risk to the public and healthcare services. Early evidence shows that Omicron is spreading much faster than Delta and that vaccine protection against symptomatic disease from Omicron is reduced. Data on…
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About the serviceRaageh Care Limited is a domiciliary care agency, providing personal care to people in their own homes. At the time of inspection, 46 people were using the service, however, only 24 people were receiving personal care from the service CQC only inspects where people receive personal care. This is help with tasks related…
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Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognize the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK. It also helps people who don’t think of themselves as having caring responsibilities to identify as carers and access much-needed support. This year, carers across…
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The NHS is inviting people to be vaccinated in turn, starting with people most at risk from coronavirus. The order of priority groups has been set by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. View the priority groups for the vaccine – GOV.UK.Current vaccination groupAll these people can now have the vaccine:Anyone aged 50 or…
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