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‘The Forgotten Angels’ – Why we must act now to prevent a collapse of Social Care : Welfare Weekly

With coronavirus continuing to have an impact across the country, one woman speaks out about the desperate need to support a social care system on the brink of collapse.

Diana McGovern suffers from MS and is confined to a wheelchair. She relies on her carers to complete the simple day to day tasks we all take for granted.

Without “her angels” as she calls them, it would be impossible for her to remain in her own home.

She is deeply concerned about the crisis facing the social care system in this country and believes any further pressure on it, such as a second wave of COVID19, would lead to its collapse.

 

Source: ‘The Forgotten Angels’ – Why we must act now to prevent a collapse of Social Care : Welfare Weekly