Coronavirus impact has made UK's social care crisis even more acute

Financial effect of pandemic may seriously erode ability to look after the most vulnerableFull care homes with fewer staff increase risk of Covid spread, study suggestsThere is a graph circulating in the care home industry that should send chills down the spine of the health and social care secretary, Matt Hancock. It predicts, under a worst-case scenario, a plunge in the demand for care homes by the end of 2021 that would leave 180,000 beds empty.The forecast by consultants Knight Frank is not