It would seem that those who work in homecare or even in private nursing are now leaving their jobs, in hope that they can find better-paid jobs elsewhere. If you offer bespoke care packages or if you work with a team of social workers who offer mental health services, then you will know how difficult it can be to make sure that every single person is getting the care that they need. Unfortunately, 50% of those who work in homecare are now trying to find alternative positions because they have lost pay while isolating with Covid-19. On top of this, they are also requesting an increase in mileage due to the soaring petrol costs.

New research has been done and this indicates that around 96% of those who work in homecare are not receiving any pay, or very low pay, when they are having to isolate with Covid. This follows the removal of the ICTF which happened at the end of March. It has also been found that one fifth of care workers have resigned for this reason alone. Half of the people who responded in the survey have also said that they have had to increase the money they spend in mileage and that 20% of workers have intended to look for work elsewhere, or already done so, purely because they are unable to fuel their cars as they should be able to. Dr. Jane Townson who works for the Homecare Association has released a statement, saying that people should not be surprised by this information and that things will continue this way until the problem is solved.

Who knows what the future holds, but right now, it would seem that more needs to be done to help those who truly need it the most.