Care UK
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| Ceo | Michael Parish |
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| Founded | 1982 |
| Parent organizations | Care UK Health & Social Care Plc |
| Subsidiaries | Care Uk Clinical Services Limited |
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| ID | 1251135 |
About Care UK
Care UK is a British company providing health and social care. The company works with councils, Clinical Commissioning Groups and doctors to deliver care and support for older people and those with learning disabilities or mental health problems, as well as a range of healthcare services for NHS patients.
Husband and wife in 'one in 22 million' kidney donor match
... " Kidney Care Uk told us the odds of us being a match were one in 22 million...
Cost of living: 'My daughter wraps me in a blanket to keep warm'
... Paul says he is grateful to have received a discount on his water bill with Anglian Water, in a negotiated by the charity Kidney Care Uk...
Covid: Time running out to protect vulnerable, campaigners warn
... And so for very many patients, actually isn t it better to do something for them rather than nothing? " Campaigners - backed by charities such as Kidney Care Uk and the MS Society and more than 120 medical experts - say time is now running out, ahead of another winter during which the most vulnerable will have to shield...
Cost of living: 'It feels like I'm being priced out of existence'
... " Home dialysis already costs people between £590 and £1,450 per year due to increased water and electricity usage, Kidney Care Uk says...
Thousands needed to try new Covid antiviral treatments
... Charities, including the British Liver Trust, Kidney Care Uk and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, are urging anyone vulnerable to Covid to sign up...
Care homes: Following the money trail
... In the UK, two of the biggest care groups, HC-One and Care Uk, are owned in this way...
Coronavirus: what time have to go to the nursing homes in lockdown?
... Speaking on 15 may, health Minister Matt Hancock said that on the basis of the March 13 guidance many of the nursing home provider, for example, Care Uk, at this point, stopped visitors ...
Coronavirus: three-ten to die at the Stanley nursing home
... with the latest certified operator of home Care Uk on Monday...
Thousands needed to try new Covid antiviral treatments
Over-50s and younger adults with underlying health conditions are being urged to participate in a study of life-saving treatments for Covid-19.
The study is open to those who test positive for Covid and had symptoms develop in the previous Five Days .
Volunteers will be given pills to take At Home .
The study will help decide how antiviral drugs will be used, Prof Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, The Deputy chief medical officer for England, said.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid asked everyone eligible to " step forward" and " help us to learn more about medicines which could save thousands of lives".
Antivirals were " part of our approach as we learn To Live with Covid, by preventing The Most vulnerable from being hospitalised" He Said .
Those to be used are:
The UK regulator has licensed both for treating Covid, with molnupiravir The First to be given the Green Light , in November.
Both have completed clinical trials and shown promising results at reducing The Risk of serious illness or death.
The study will give doctors an idea of the potential benefits to vaccinated patients - and help the NHS plan how they can be used.
Launched in December, it already has 4,500 people signed up but needs 6,000 more as soon as possible.
You can or your GP may contact you to ask you to participate if you test positive for Covid.
Charities, including The British Liver Trust, Kidney Care Uk and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, are urging anyone vulnerable to Covid to sign up.
Fiona Loud, from Kidney Care Uk , said antiviral treatments would be " a vital tool to give more protection to people who are most At Risk from Covid-19, including those with kidney disease".
People with The Following health conditions are also encouraged to sign up:
Pippa Erskine, a double lung transplant recipient with cystic fibrosis, was treated with antivirals after testing positive for Covid at the start of January.
Knowing the drugs would help ease her symptoms and prevent complications was " a huge relief" She Said .
" With restrictions easing, it's so important that those vulnerable to Covid-19 have The Best possible chance of staying protected against The Virus and, most importantly, staying out of hospital, " Ms Erskine added.
Source of news: bbc.com
