- Struggling to get PPE and worrying about their own health and those they care for
- Saying goodbye to residents they call friends every day

My special report on how neglect of our social care system has been exposed by the horrors of coronavirus https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/were-scared-brave-carers-battling-18057143?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

Yes Covid-19 presents an existential threat to many different sectors, but let’s not forget that social care was in crisis long before this disease arrives

In January Boris Johnson admitted that he didn’t actually have a ‘ready to go’ plan for social care as he had claimed - this sector desperately needs a strategy

As this report shows, care staff do not feel safe, they do not feel valued - they are experiencing tragedy and hardship every day right now