Coronavirus pandemic could delay reforms to social care, health secretary says

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Jack Dodsley, 79, with a carer in PPE at Newfield Nursing HomeTom Maddick/SWNSCarers working at Newfield Nursing HomeJack Dodsley, 79, sits with a carerA care staff member wearing PPEA carer wearing PPE uses a speakerA carer wearing PPE helps Jack Dodsley, 79A carer brings food to a resident at Newfield Nursing HomeA staff member puts on PPE at Newfield Nursing HomeA bench at Newfield Nursing HomeJackie Wilson, a healthcare assistant, wearing PPE before going into roomsCarers working at...

 

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Sorry mate...this doesn't wash anymore. You can fix it but basically you don't want to.

Now there’s a surprise......

Walker

Well could sound like it is going to happen more like it

Excuses excuses excuses

Do we have the luxury of time? The lack of investment in the independent,social/home care sector drove significant disproportionality of access to PPE, the number of deaths in care homes. In the final analysis, this is part of a whole system. It requires urgent reform & £££

Why rich countries has to go with this narratives. You guys literally had trillions each year as income.

Strange, but not Brexit

Convenient.

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