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Over 300 people took part in the mass trespass. Credit: Curtis James According to Landscapes of Freedom, there is only a right to roam on 8% of England under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act (CROW, 2000). Trespasser Nick Hayes, co-founder of the Right to Roam campaign, said the statistic is a “national scandal”. “We all need greater access to nature on a regular basis, for our physical and mental health – our sedentary lifestyles cost society around £8 billion every year,” he said. “That’s one reason why we’re campaigning for a greater Right to Roam over our downland, woods, rivers and Green Belt.”
Damage of visitor masks to care home residents’ welfare ‘outweighing protection’ 15/07/2021, 12:12 am
A group that has 45 homes across England and one in Wales has written to Health Secretary Sajid Javid (Aaron Chown/PA)
The damage that face masks on visitors is doing to the welfare of care home residents is outweighing the protection they offer, a care home group has said.
The need for the current level of infection control measures is “increasingly diminishing” in homes where the vaccine has been successfully rolled out among residents and staff, according to Sunrise Senior Living and Gracewell Healthcare.
The group, which has 45 homes across England and one in Wales, has written to Health Secretary Sajid Javid warning that some of these “once protective measures are now damaging the wellbeing of care home residents”.
Updated: April 2, 2021, 7:24 am
Sharon Duncalf (right) wearing PPE, plays cards with her mother Olive at the Gracewell of Church Crookham care home near Fleet (Andrew Matthews/PA)
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An enhanced visiting scheme has reunited more than 600 relatives and close friends with care home residents since it started more than half a year ago.
Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare care groups identified residents who were deteriorating and invited relatives to become part of their care plan, developing a “Safe Visits” protocol to enable meaningful contact during the pandemic.
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