A hard-hitting council report has laid bare the human cost of covid-19 in Redcar and Cleveland’s care homes.
The report said care workers had “borne the brunt” of the pandemic, alongside NHS colleagues.
It said: “They have experienced untold trauma witnessing many residents die from this terrible disease and had to cope with continuously changing government guidance on visiting, infection control, testing, isolation, and more.
“We have seen countless examples of care workers putting others before themselves.
“They have slept in care homes and care home gardens, away from their own families, to protect vulnerable residents from covid-19.
“They have spent every working day of the last two years wearing hot and uncomfortable personal protective equipment (PPE), worked every weekend, bank holiday, and sacrificed Christmas Day with their loved ones to ensure vulnerable people received the care they needed.”
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The report by Victoria Wilson, the council’s…
