It is now a little more than two years since the Covid-19 pandemic was declared by the World Health Organisation. Vaccination and new drugs have reduced the effects of the virus and relieved stress on the NHS and residential care homes where some of the more serious outcomes of Covid-19 were (and still are) experienced. In the early stages of […]
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Annual Report Highlights Link Between Covid-19 Pandemic and Neglect in West Berkshire Care Homes
An increase in instances of neglect in some West Berkshire care homes has been highlighted in the latest annual report released by the West of Berkshire Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board. The cases of neglect have not been blamed solely on the staffing issues caused by the series of waves of Covid-19, but the report does stress that it has caused […]