The Latest Breaking News from Public Health England

Experts who warned over Covid risk to care homes were told they were ‘too risk averse’

A promise to test hospital patients for Covid-19 before moving them into a care home was also removed from official guidance

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022

"Now I'll take the Government to court for my dad": Ruling on Covid deaths in care homes 'opens floodgates'

"They were trying to hide it, trying to stop it. Now I can seek justice for my dad. But it’s not just my father, it’s for the people who didn’t have a voice.”

Manchester Evening News · Apr 27, 2022

Key points around the Government’s ‘unlawful’ care home discharge policies

Two women, whose fathers died during the first wave, mounted a legal challenge.

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022

How accurate are lateral flow tests?

Free Covid-19 testing for most people will end on 1 April

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022

Discharging patients into care homes during Covid pandemic was 'unlawful', High Court rules

Two High Court judges have ruled the Government and NHS England acted "unlawfully" during the early stages of the pandemic when it came to discharging patients into care homes

Chronicle Live · Apr 27, 2022

Government broke law by failing care home residents who died of Covid, High Court rules

Two women whose fathers died from Covid-19 have won a High Court challenge against the Government over policies on discharging patients to care homes at the outset of the pandemic.

Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2022

Women whose fathers died from Covid win High Court challenge against Government

Cathy Gardner, whose father Michael Gibson died, and Fay Harris, whose father Donald died, partially succeeded in their claims.

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022

Discharging patients to care homes during pandemic was 'unlawful', rules court

Ruling in case brought by two women whose fathers died from Covid-19

Wales Online · Apr 27, 2022

Care home residents ‘failed’ by government discharging Covid patients as Hancock slammed for ‘despicable lie’

Bereaved relatives says Matt Hancock should be ‘ashamed’ of claim that care homes were protected

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022

Welsh morning headlines: The latest news, coronavirus, Ukraine and sport news as food banks see demand soar

Parents are skipping meals, turning off appliances and going without heating to afford the internet so their children can do their homework

Wales Online · Apr 27, 2022