Over 3,000 deaths were reported to CQC among home care service users in the past month, compared with just under 1,200 in same period over previous years.
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The new report from the CQC lays bare the impact of COVID-19 on domiciliary care providers and their staff across England.
Among healthcare workers, rates of death were not found to be statistically different to rates of death involving the general working population.
The figures show that the number of people confirmed to have died in their own homes from the virus rose to 466 by April 10.
A new report has revealed that more than half of the 1.6 million care workers in the UK are being paid below the Real Living Wage.
New data shows that there were 6,235 deaths involving COVID-19 up to April 3, 15% higher than the 4,093 deaths reported by the government.
Experts are warning that people across the UK who are having a stroke are not calling 999 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
More than half of people living England can’t access the information they need about social care, a new report has found.
The committee is seeking to establish how much money is needed to counteract the impact of a shortage of care on the NHS.
The findings mean that older people are making unnecessary trips to hospital and piling more pressure on health and social care.