Listen "Covid-19 and the Care Sector"
Episode Synopsis
Have the mounting deaths exposed cracks in the way we deliver care to some of our most vulnerable people? David Aaronovitch looks at how the system is structured and funded. and why it sometimes struggles to gain the political attention it needs. This is a sector in which people have called for reform has for decades but very little has been delivered. How have other countries care systems coped during the pandemic and what lessons could we learn? Contributors: Alison Holt, BBC Social Affairs CorrespondentWilliam Laing, Chairman of Laing Buisson Jill Manthorpe, Professor of Social Work at King's College London Adelina Comas-Herrera, researcher at the London School of EconomicsNatasha Curry, Acting Deputy Director of Policy, Nuffield TrustProducers: Luke Radcliff, Sally Abrahams and Rosamund Jones
Editor: Jasper Corbett
Editor: Jasper Corbett
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