Social care currently looks after 400,000 people in care and nursing homes throughout the United Kingdom, which is “three times the number in NHS hospital beds”, according industry representative Mike Padgham. He also says the sector takes care of an additional 640,000 people “in their own homes” and “employs 1.5 million people”.
Mike Padgham, chair of the Independent Care Homes Group (ICHG), warns that care facilities across the UK are not getting the support they require in order to protect staff and residents from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.
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