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Category: COVID-19

Consent, Mental Capacity, Best Interests and COVID Vaccines in Care Homes

Yesterday, we woke to the news that one of the COVID-19 vaccines has been approved by the Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).  We also heard that The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) have advised that care home residents (older adults) will be among the first to be offered the vaccine as […]

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COVID-19 Guidance for Residential Care

The government has today published COVID-19 guidance for residential care, supported living and home care provisions.  Since the first guidance published on 25th February 2019, care home providers have adopted various approaches to visitors in a bid to safeguard their residents.  These have ranged from asking all visitors; families, health and social care professionals to […]

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