The former health secretary said Chris Whitty’s advice would “muddy the water” Matt Hancock failed to follow expert advice to test everyone entering a care home at the start of the pandemic, according to a massive leak of WhatsApp messages. The ex-health secretary snubbed guidance from chief medical officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty in April […]

3 years ago

Regardless of your opinions on the jab, this is a rough watch A care home boss breaks down in tears as she tells Good Morning Britain correspondent how she had to sack six staff members over the new mandatory jab policy. Speaking to GMB‘s Nitya Gracianna Rajan, Theresa Ingram-Gettins – who runs the Boldmere Court […]

4 years ago

So many feels, so many tears The past year has been difficult for all of us. Between working from home, not being to go out for a pint or enjoy a meal; having to social distance in shops or walking down the street and, most critically, not being able to see our friends and family […]

5 years ago

Health secretary Matt Hancock told Good Morning Britain care homes should hopefully be able to allow visitors over the Christmas period

5 years ago

What is the UK’s real COVID-19 death toll? 40,000 people – that’s how many Britons the Financial Times says have died during this coronavirus pandemic. That figure is more than double the government’s official figure of less than 20,000. Many of those people have died in care homes. JOE reports on the grim state of […]

6 years ago

“They are friends in need. Friends, indeed” While the nation is rightly applauding NHS front line workers, Bob Skinner, a 93-year-old former journalist, sits in his care home. Bob, who began working in journalism in the 1940s and reckons he’s written almost every day of his life, keeps a diary. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, […]

6 years ago