Care home death toll highlights urgent need for reform, says UNISON

Responding to data published today (Friday) by the Office for National Statistics that show nearly 20,000 care home residents have died from coronavirus, UNISON senior national officer Gavin Edwards said:
“This appalling death toll is yet more evidence care was left high and dry when the pandemic hit.
“Many elderly residents were at the mercy of the virus and low-paid care staff were poorly protected.
“The best run homes pay employees full wages to workers off sick. I