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    #BGSFairCare: BGS launches campaign to urge the Government to protect older people during the second wave | British Geriatrics Society - 4 year(s) ago

    The BGS has launched a campaign across the four nations of the UK to raise awareness of issues critical to protecting older people during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to an open letter sent to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock, the Society is asking healthcare professionals to write to their elected official to alert them to key…

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      #Carehomes were left unprotected, particularly at the beginning of the #COVID19 pandemic, with devastating results. Care homes must have equitable access to PPE and to regular testing, and prompt results, for residents and staff #BGSFairCare https://t.co/FXe9NlVXco https://t.co/doLs1GsSNq

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    #BGSFairCare: BGS launches campaign to urge the Government to protect older people during the second wave | British Geriatrics Society - 4 year(s) ago

    The BGS has launched a campaign across the four nations of the UK to raise awareness of issues critical to protecting older people during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to an open letter sent to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock, the Society is asking healthcare professionals to write to their elected official to alert them to key…

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      We urge for the prompt restarting of services such as #fallsprevention #communityrehabilitation. These services help older people and their carers to stay healthy at home, reducing demand on emergency services #BGSFairCare https://t.co/FXe9NlVXco https://t.co/X4Obz4eKcw

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    #BGSFairCare: BGS launches campaign to urge the Government to protect older people during the second wave | British Geriatrics Society - 4 year(s) ago

    The BGS has launched a campaign across the four nations of the UK to raise awareness of issues critical to protecting older people during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to an open letter sent to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock, the Society is asking healthcare professionals to write to their elected official to alert them to key…

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      A second wave of #COVID19 pandemic has now taken hold and positive cases are rising daily. The urgent priority must be to apply learning from the first wave to ensure that older people are not disproportionately affected #BGSFairCare https://t.co/FXe9NlVXco https://t.co/93mS56JC0L