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HOME: Perry Manor Care Home. Pictured Dr Kathryn Cobain IT has been stressed care homes in Worcestershire are a "high priority" in the vaccine roll out, following the outbreak at a Worcester care home. We previously reported 15 residents had died at Perry Manor Care Home in recent weeks, while it was confirmed a small number of other residents had died from other causes at the Charles Hastings Way-based care home. Thirty three members also tested positive for the deadly virus during the course of the outbreak. Staff who tested positive are now well, and have returned to work following a...

A COUNCILLOR has said 15 deaths at Perry Manor Care Home are “absolutely appalling”. Worcestershire County Councillor Pat Agar, who is a member of the authority's health overview and scrutiny committee, said: “The chief problem all along has been care homes, and the way in which people have been left exposed and vulnerable, and it is not good enough. "Lessons should have been learnt from the first wave. “There is no excuse. They are like collateral damage in this situation, and it is not good enough and immoral. "The worry now is if it happens in other care homes. It if hap...

Wellmeadow Lodge, in Newton Mearns, is set to close by the end of April. Its owners, Care UK, said the building was 'old and difficult to maintain' A CARE home criticised by inspectors over its lack of Covid training for staff is to close, leaving dozens of elderly residents in limbo. Wellmeadow Lodge care home in East Renfrewshire is set to close by the end of April, although its owners Care UK said it will be "flexible according to the needs of the residents". One relative, whose 80-year-old father has been in the home since April last year, said it had come as a shock as families had...

FIFTEEN care home residents have died after their home suffered a major outbreak of coronavirus. Perry Manor Care Home said the deaths - of residents who had tested positive for Covid-19 - had happened ‘in recent weeks’ and also confirmed a small number of other residents have also died from other causes. Thirty-three members of staff have tested positive for the deadly virus. The home, based in Charles Hastings Way, is now working with Worcestershire County Council and Public Health England. Those people infected are isolating and visiting is restricted to essential visits only. ...

Wellmeadow Lodge, in Newton Mearns, is set to close by the end of April. Its owners, Care UK, said the building was 'old and difficult to maintain' A CARE home criticised by inspectors over its lack of Covid training for staff is to close, leaving dozens of elderly residents in limbo. Wellmeadow Lodge care home in East Renfrewshire is set to close by the end of April, although its owners Care UK said it will be "flexible according to the needs of the residents". One relative, whose 80-year-old father has been in the home since April last year, said it had come as a shock as families had...