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• The Guardian view on the social care crisis: fix a broken system | Editorial

  25-10-2020 19:30
  
  With coronavirus exposing the inequities of care, the UK government should accept the case for an immediate cash injectionCoronavirus has yanked back the veil that had obscured the crisis in social care. The unfairness, confusion and humiliation felt by people using the system is out in plain sight. The public intuitively grasps that something needs to be done. When Boris Johnson arrived in Downing Street, he claimed to have a plan to fix a broken system. If a week is a long time in politics, th
  
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• Social care challenge appears to be getting worse – By Silva Homes

  25-10-2020 15:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  The social care crisis was arguably the greatest challenge facing the UK before Covid-19 gripped the nation – and by general consent it appears to be getting worse.
  By Dasos Christou, Silva Homes’ executive director (customer relations)​
   
  It has been estimated that one in 20 care home residents in the UK have lost their lives to the virus, and the clamour for a solution is growing louder.
   
  Despite the heroism and incredible professionalism of care home staff, the ac
  
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