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Care workers among highest COVID death rates, ONS stats show

Intelligence Studies by Sarah Clarke on January 25, 2021

A total of 469 COVID-19 deaths among social care staff were registered last year, with 'care workers and home carers' accounting for 74% of these.

ONS reveals impact of coronavirus on disabled people

Intelligence Studies by Sarah Clarke on November 12, 2020

The analysis highlights inequalities between disabled and non-disabled people when it comes to accessing care during the pandemic.

Major rise in dementia and ‘old age’ deaths prompts concerns over emotional toll of COVID-19

Intelligence Studies by Sarah Clarke on June 8, 2020

Data shows that 5,404 people died due to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease during the pandemic, a 52.2% increase compared to the five year average.

Higher COVID-19 rates found among health and social care workers than other employees

Intelligence Studies by Sarah Clarke on June 1, 2020

The findings follow ONS data last month which revealed that care workers were twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than health care workers.

Deaths among home care clients almost three times higher than average levels, says ONS

Intelligence Studies by Sarah Clarke on May 18, 2020

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.

Social care workers twice as likely to die from COVID-19 as health workers, ONS data shows

Intelligence Studies by Sarah Clarke on May 11, 2020

Among healthcare workers, rates of death were not found to be statistically different to rates of death involving the general working population.

BREAKING NEWS: Community deaths increase coronavirus toll as 2,000 added to national figure

Intelligence Studies by Sarah Clarke on April 14, 2020

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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.