Covid-19: urgent action needed as care system is devastated by coronavirus

Leading charities have demanded the Government urgently supports social care through the pandemic as they have ‘been appalled by the devastation which coronavirus is causing in the care system.’ In a letter to Matt Hancock, they say they are writing together as charity and care sector leaders on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of the most vulnerable people reliant on social care and the hundreds dying in care homes, supported by an army of incredible, often low paid and undervalued care workers who are not trained to deal with death on this scale.  The letter has been signed by Kate Lee, CEO, Alzheimer’s Society, Matthew Reed, Chief