North Yorkshire
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| County council | North Yorkshire County Council |
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| Population (mid-2017 est.) | 1,153,400 |
| Population | 611,600 |
| Constituent country | England |
| Points of interest | Castle Howard |
| Whitby Abbey | |
| Fountains Abbey | |
| Date of Reg. | |
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| ID | 760389 |
About North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan county and largest ceremonial county in England. It is located primarily in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber but partly in the region of North East England. The estimated population of North Yorkshire was 602,300 in mid-2016.
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Coronavirus: nursing home employees fight tests
Executives at Harbour House Care Home, say, testing personnel is one of the "biggest challenges"
nursing homes in search of thousands of vulnerable residents have Said , none of your employees have been tested, coronavirus.
Out of 210 doctor spoke, were from The Bbc , 159 Said none of its employees had been screened.
Some of them have told, as employees face rides long to test centers, with one reporting over a three-hour tour.
The government Said that all symptomatic Staff , residents and their Families would be tested.
BBC England , Said to take care of houses and companies throughout the country, employing between them nearly 18,000 employees and almost 13,000 inhabitants.
Many Said they had seen no testing at all, while others have Said , fighting for access to the official test Center according to the message online that you have symptoms.
Anna knight runs the Harbour House Care Home on the Dorset coast and Said there is always enough personal protective equipment (PPE), and Test for Corona Virus have been your greatest challenges.
"I know that our PSA supplies are scarce. I know that I have anxious employees, and I Am dependent on donations from The Public ," She Said .
Staff at the Harbour House say stocks of personal protective equipment are also the NeigeThe house has 35 inhabitants, at the age of 83 and older.
you can isolate from one of the residents, but was told she would have to be at least two suspected cases for any of the tests performed.
to get the house on The next official test centre in Plymouth -a three - hour round-trip for employee testing.
a total of 23 homes distributed across England - including some in Oxfordshire, Bristol, Teesside and Yorkshire , Said Far Away , drive-thru-test-centres is a problem, leave, employees, who do not access about cars, be able to you.
The Bbc also asked nursing homes and providers about tests for residents, with 127 of 205 and none of their residents will be checked in to The Virus .
In houses, which they had seen tests carried out, 334 of 7,391 residents tested had been.
AnalysisBy Alison Holt, Bbc News Social Affairs Correspondent
Already, the indications are that The Number of deaths in nursing homes from coronavirus afflictions will end up.
to visit, although many of the houses go into lockdown in the beginning, even with relatives prevented.
Some providers believe that only very limited testing Staff , residents and anyone arriving at or returning to home from the hospital, has made it easy for The Virus a way in.
This Week , Dr Hans Kluge, the regional Director of The World health organization (WHO) in Europe, Said , we understand the need to, "the way of infection", which allows a "deeply disturbing images" occur in nursing homes.
He concluded that the pandemic had shone a spotlight on the "overlooked and under corners of the society rating".
the words hit a chord with those who support argue, as further testing was necessary much earlier for the protection of this vulnerable group of people.
There were 975 deaths in nursing homes in England , of people with Covid-19 to April 10, according to The Office for National Statistics.
Separate research by The National Care Forum, found nursing Staff were on the road an average of 62-mile Round Trip to test-centres.
Executive Director Vic Rayner Said : "A large part of the care Staff to get to rely on Public Transport .
"More needs to be done and to ensure the practical arrangements, the nursing Staff have access to the test centres, giving you the confidence and the certainty that you need support for The Most vulnerable in Our Country . "
Harrogate neighbours in North Yorkshire , run a house and care services.
Chief executive Sue Cawthray Said , they had to be "their man" with the NHS and refuse to take to prove to the residents from the hospital without a test, it is not about the Corona Virus.
"up until about a week ago, anyone who was in the hospital, She Said Tests were automatically, before she came back in a care setting," She Said .
"But they have now begun to do that, I think, first and foremost, they understood that people were picking up The Virus in the hospital And Then you may take it in the nursing home setting. "
A Department of health and social care spokesman Said : "Social care is at the Front of the fight against the coronavirus and the safety of employees and residents is our top priority.
"All of the nursing home residents discharged from the hospital are checked before they are taken into your care home and We Are with our enhanced audit capacity, testing all symptomatic nursing home residents, nursing Staff , and their Families . "
More on this storythe research was conducted from Monday 20. April-Wednesday 22 April, The Bbc spoke to 215 care homes and home care companies.
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Source of news: bbc.com
