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Suffolk care home bosses Prema Fairburn-Dorai and David Finch have reacted to the High Court ruling around Covid-19.

A potential U-turn over mandatory Covid jabs for NHS staff in England has angered care home workers who had to get the jab or lose their job.

A potential U-turn over mandatory Covid jabs for NHS staff in England has angered care home workers who had to get the jab or lose their job.

The easing of Covid-19 restrictions has been met with a cautious welcome by carers in Suffolk, although not without concerns about a growing number of...

Some care homes will be forced to close due to staff shortages, Ipswich care home boss David Finch warns

Live coronavirus outbreaks mean that Suffolk care homes cannot be vaccinated. - Credit: SARAH LUCY BROWN More than 50 care homes across Suffolk are now battling coronavirus outbreaks. According to data released by Suffolk County Council, 53 care homes across the county have outbreaks, while 34 more Covid-19 deaths have been reported.  As a notifiable disease, care homes are required to report any potential or confirmed cases of coronavirus to Public Health England (PHE). The data covers care h...

NHS chiefs said almost all homes have now received Covid vaccinations after a rapid stepping-up of the programme last week, with eight understood to be fighting live outbreaks meaning they cannot yet be jabbed.  But the sector is continuing to battle a surge of deaths, which care chiefs are putting down to Christmas and New Year mixing.  - Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto David Finch, who runs the Cephas Care group, revealed his firm recently battled a large outbreak.  “It  almost cer...