UNIONS representing care workers called for reform of the care sector today after it was revealed almost 20,000 residents had died with coronavirus in England and Wales in three months.
Death certificates for 19,394 residents, the majority of whom died in care homes, mentioned “novel coronavirus” between March 2 and June 12, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
Public-sector union Unison said that the death toll was “yet more evidence care was left high and dry when the pandemic hit.”
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