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1/ Part 2 of our assessment of the government's pandemic response in #adultsocialcare out today. @pheebsdunn @hughalderwick @fiona_grimm @AlarillaAnne @RichardnotatKF and I looked at policies between June 2020 & March 2021: health.org.uk/publications/r…
Here's a 🧵on some key points…
Here's a 🧵on some key points…
2/ COVID-19 has had a sustained & grim impact in social care. 27,200 excess deaths in care homes in England, 9,600 in domiciliary care, staff more likely to die of covid than other adults, people going without much needed care, more people (many women) carrying out unpaid care…
3/ There have been some important changes since last spring:
- Govt boosted national oversight, with a new social care 'taskforce' and a plan for the sector in place ahead of winter
- Access to testing & PPE improved over time
- Many people with care needs were vaccinated quickly
- Govt boosted national oversight, with a new social care 'taskforce' and a plan for the sector in place ahead of winter
- Access to testing & PPE improved over time
- Many people with care needs were vaccinated quickly
