Over a thousand care home deaths highlights ‘shambolic’ response to crisis, says UNISON

Responding to data published today (Tuesday) by the Office for National Statistics that show more than a thousand deaths in care homes and in the community were registered up to 10 April, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said:
“This doubling in deaths is shocking evidence of the government’s shambolic handling of the Covid crisis.
“Staff working in care homes and those looking after people in the community have been massively let down. The ongoing lack