82% of adults always or often washed their hands with soap and water after returning home from a public place ow.ly/aM4750GrW3T
92% of adults thought hand washing was important or very important in slowing the spread of #COVID19 when asked in our Opinions and Lifestyle Survey 🧼 #GlobalHandwashingDayow.ly/jNZu50GrW7y
86% of adults aged 70+ always or often washed their hands after returning home from a public place, compared with 76% of 16 to 29 years olds 🚿 #GlobalHandwashingDayow.ly/gwff50GrW93
There were early signs of an increase in those in school Year 12 to aged 24 years, and infection levels were highest for those in school Years 7 to 11 ow.ly/dGrD50GrY2Y
We’ve published new experimental analysis of people living in care homes (with or without nursing care) who privately fund their own care occupying 391,927 beds in 2019 to 2020.
This release looks at this sector pre-coronavirus (Aug 2019 to Feb 2020) ow.ly/5Dt850GrT6i
36.7% of the occupied care home beds in England were self-funded residents in 2019 to 2020.
The remaining 63.3% of occupied beds were state-funded care home residents ow.ly/S02p50GrT9b
The highest percentage of self-funded care home residents was in the South East (45.4%), while the lowest was in the North East (24.6%) ow.ly/8m8W50GrT9T
▪️ children's mental health
▪️ the impact of #COVID restrictions
▪️ mental health and school
Read our thread ⬇️
A report by @NHSDigital found over a quarter of 11 to 16 year-olds with a probable mental disorder in 2021 said #COVID19 restrictions had made their lives much worse compared with 1 in 10 unlikely to have a mental disorder #WorldMentalHealthDayow.ly/Wf6750GoXw9
Data from @NHSdigital show the number of young people aged 0 to 18 referred to mental health services between April and June 2021 increased by 93% from the same period in 2020, and 41% on 2019 in England #WorldMentalHealthDayow.ly/VJQa50GoXxm
Our latest results from the #COVID19 Infection Survey show increasing infection rates in England, uncertainty in Wales and decreases in both Northern Ireland and Scotland in the week ending 2 October 2021 ow.ly/3DiL50Gogvq
In England in the week ending 2 October 2021, an increase in #COVID19 rates was seen in all regions except for the East of England, where the trend was uncertain ow.ly/4fC650Gogyn
#COVID19 infection rates increased in people aged
▪️ school Year 7 to Year 11
▪️ 35 to 49 years
▪️ 70 years and over.
The percentage of people testing positive was highest in those aged school Year 7 to Year 11 (6.93%) ow.ly/H72d50GogGe