Care fit for carers: Ensuring the safety and welfare of NHS and care workers during and after Covid-19
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This report provides new evidence on the experience of the healthcare workforce during Covid-19 to date – from IPPR/YouGov polling of healthcare workers and the general public; an IPPR consultation; and from literature review. It shows that without further bold action in the days, weeks and months to come by the UK government and NHS England (and the NHS in the rest of the UK) the country’s healthcare workforce will face significant health, mental health and welfare challenges.
The UK government must not be sparing in providing the health and care workforce what they need. After all, they can only do right by us, if we do right by them. 'Care fit for carers' means making five core guarantees.
- A safety guarantee.
- An accommodation guarantee.
- A mental health guarantee.
- A pay guarantee.
- A care guarantee.
To better understand what social care workers need during this crisis, IPPR ran a consultation through the sector. Read the responses to this consultation here.
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