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A care worker in a face mask and other personal protective equipment leans towards a care home resident. This shot was taken in April 2020.

Covid inquiry to look at impact on care services

The Covid inquiry will examine the impact of the pandemic on care services, starting on Monday.

Norman and Claire Murphy, smiling at the camera, each with one arm in the air and the other holding a CQC placard. He has short, dark hair and is wearing a white shirt, with open collar, and a dark suit jacket. She has long blonde hair with a sweeping fringe and is wearing a formal white dress with a dark trim and a necklace.

Home care service rated outstanding for third time

Bluebird Care in Winchester, Eastleigh and Romsey supports 67 people of all ages in private homes.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight

Chris Jeffery holds up two leaflets to the camera, the leaflets have details of his working family carers campaign

Unpaid carers should not be the 'forgotten army'

Chris Jeffery, from Tunbridge Wells, is raising awareness of the rights of working family carers.

Becky Pain-Tolin sat down with a colourful dress and a green lanyard around her neck. She has glasses on her head.

'I feel that I am not valued as a carer'

Becky Pain-Tolin cares for both her eleven-year-old son and her father, who has vascular dementia.

Gloucestershire

A care home building which is two-storey and red brick.

Care home placed in special measures by regulator

Manor Park Care Home is found to have poor leadership and a lack of staff in a CQC report.

An older person holding a television remote control. The person's hands are in sharp focus, but objects in the room they are sitting in are blurred.

Watchdog warns of 'critical failings' at care service

The Care Inspectorate publishes its full report on Sutherland's Care at Home service.

Highlands & Islands

Close up of male carer holding hands of senior woman, home caregiver showing support for elderly patient.

'Inadequate' care service put in special measures

Care Quality Commission inspections find "risk of harm" at Radis Community Care in Portsmouth.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight

A woman with short ginger-blond hair sits in an office in front of computer monitors. She is wearing a pink jacket, white top and chunky silver necklace.

Care firms say they face struggle to hire locally

Care firms in Lincolnshire fear a government ban on recruiting from overseas will harm recruitment.

An elderly person rests their hands over one another on their lap. They wear white trousers with a white long sleeved jumper.

Care service put in special measures after failings

Inspectors find six breaches of regulations before rating the service as inadequate.