Police probe home's 15 suspected coronavirus deaths

Police probe home's 15 suspected coronavirus deaths Police are investigating a care home that was ordered to close following a major coronavirus outbreak.
 
Fifteen residents of Temple Court in Kettering, Northamptonshire have died with Covid-19 or suspected Covid-19.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), which regulates care homes, said it had serious concerns and residents were moved out of the home last month. BBC Northampton

See also:

• County warning as coronavirus cases fail to fall as fast as elsewhere ITV News
• More than 550 Covid-19 patients are now known to have died in Northamptonshire's hospitals and care homes Northampton Chronicle and Echo
• Coronavirus deaths at KGH and NGH trusts among highest in England Northamptonshire Telegraph
• Police investigation begun into Kettering care home closed after major Covid-19 outbreak Northamptonshire Telegraph
• Eight more Covid deaths at Kettering General Hospital Northamptonshire Telegraph

Access resources to tackle racism and discrimination

Access resources to tackle racism and discrimination Access resources to help tackle racism and discrimination to implement change in your organisation. NHS Employers

Principles of safe video consulting in general practice during COVID-19

Principles of safe video consulting in general practice during COVID-19 New guidance aimed at NHS general practice staff who are consulting via video with patients at home has been published. Royal College of General Practitioners 

Supporting carers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Supporting carers during the COVID-19 pandemic During the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacies have had to make necessary changes to their usual ways of working in order to ensure local communities can continue to access their medicines. Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee

Research and analysis: National COVID-19 surveillance reports

Research and analysis: National COVID-19 surveillance reports National COVID-19 surveillance reports, including weekly summary of findings monitored through various COVID-19 surveillance systems. Public Health England 

See also:

• Guidance: Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing: privacy information Department of Health and Social Care
• Detailed guide: Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk in the UK Department of Health and Social Care

Asymptomatic care workers unknowingly spread coronavirus

Asymptomatic care workers unknowingly spread coronavirus Large numbers of staff could have been unknowingly spreading coronavirus through care homes, according to the UK's largest charitable care home provider.
 
Data from MHA shows 42% of its staff members who recently tested positive were not displaying symptoms.

Nearly 45% of residents who had a positive test were also asymptomatic. BBC News

See also:

• Coronavirus: Can superspreading be stopped? BBC News
• Stalled vaccine programmes 'put children's lives at risk' BBC News
• Coronavirus: How the UK is sleeping under lockdown BBC News
• Alok Sharma: Cabinet minister tested for virus after being taken ill BBC News
• WHO will RESUME trials of hydroxychloroquine The Daily Mail
• Head of UK's Covid-19 test and trace scheme Baroness Dido Harding faces grilling by MPs The Daily Mail
• Coronavirus world round-up: Brazil and Mexico report record daily death tolls The Daily Telegraph
• England had the chance to prepare for lifting lockdown, but our leaders wasted it | Chris Ham The Guardian
• Boris Johnson declares himself 'very proud' of coronavirus response The Guardian
• Censorship row over report on UK BAME Covid-19 deaths The Guardian
• Care home staff could be asked to work without PPE under council plan The Guardian
• NHS Test and Trace: Jeremy Hunt warns coronavirus tracing 'severely hampered' by slow testing iNews
• Reduced levels of service inevitable as NHS moves into 'recovery' phase OnMedica
• GPs told not to direct any Covid-19 patients to NHS 111 Pulse