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Doing nothing is not an option after English care homes’ Covid failings
Analysis: Alarming recent findings suggest the problem was not just operators being caught off guard
Joanna Lumley has revived her turn from Absolutely Fabulous to front a trade union call for a pay rise for care staff. Describing the 1.5 million workers as “the invisible part of our nation’s health system … the forgotten ones”, she slipped into Patsy’s drawl to show a nation’s gratitude: “Cheers, sweeties.”
Many observers agree this group is hard done by. Last year half of care staff were paid less than £8.72 an hour. Now they are exhausted by Covid, which has played a part in the deaths of more than 36,000 UK care home residents.
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