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Boris Johnson is urged to scrap the ban on care home visits by March to give a ray of hope to the elderly who have been cut off from their loved ones during the pandemic Six charities have banded together to urge Boris Johnson to allow visits to care homes by relatives from the beginning … Read more
Elderly woman ‘collapses with hypothermia’ in vaccine queue after hundreds of pensioners were forced to wait for HOURS in snow and ice due to overbooking blunder – before many were sent home and told to RE-BOOK Scottish pensioners were left queuing in freezing temperatures for a Covid jab Labour MSP Alex Rowley slams NHS Fife’s … Read more
Need a lift to get your Covid-19 jab? I’ll tuk tuk care of it! Travel company is using its fleet of vehicles to help elderly get to vaccination centres Tourist transport company Tuk Tuk Time is using its fleet of vehicles to help the elderly get jabs Pensioners are transported to vaccinations centres for free … Read more
Hundreds of frail and elderly people are forced to queue in the freezing cold to receive Covid jabs at Plymouth Argyle football stadium as relatives blast ‘absolute shambles’ Queue compared to match day-style crowds, with some waiting for hour and half Storm Darcy has brought snow and freezing temperatures across the UK today Relatives of … Read more
Elderly man is arrested with serious injuries after woman in her 70s was found dead at house in Sussex Arrest was made in Bexhill, before man taken to hospital in a serious condition Police said the dead woman and the elderly man are known to each other Officers are still trying to establish exactly what … Read more
Elderly man, in his 90s, dies near Tesco after security staff ‘REFUSE to hand over defibrillator to people trying to save his life’ Samantha Badger claims staff stopped person from taking store’s defibrillator She performed CPR after man suffered a suspected heart attack on Wednesday She said worker even phoned police and reported ‘attempted theft’ … Read more
Elderly man, in his 90s, dies outside Tesco after security staff ‘REFUSE to hand over defibrillator to people trying to save his life’ Samantha Badger claims staff stopped person from taking store’s defibrillator She performed CPR on man after he collapsed outside Kent store on Wednesday She said worker even phoned police and reported ‘attempted … Read more
Moment elderly man pushing trolley trips over at the end of Sainsbury’s travelator before woman behind him collapses on top of him – as shoppers race to switch it off CCTV footage captured the man heading out of Sainsbury’s in Kent in January Front two wheels of trolley get stuck on travelator and man falls to … Read more
Twenty four elderly residents have died after an outbreak of Covid-19 at a Hampshire care home, while a second care home tragedy in the Midlands has left nine dead. The residents at Pemberley House care home, Basingstoke, died in the last few weeks following the virus outbreak earlier this month, in what is one of the worst … Read more
Elderly Britons may be missing appointments for their coronavirus vaccines because GPs are sending them invites by text, doctors fear. Some over-80s who are next in line for the jab are being contacted on their mobile phones because of the ‘short notice of supply’. Dr Ollie Hart, a GP involved in the rollout in Sheffield, said … Read more