When can shielders return to work? Myriam Toua
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As of February 10 there were 2.26million people shielding in the UK, according to NHS figures. That number equates to a huge four percent of the population. Those who have been forced to shield are predominantly in the older age groups, mainly 50-year-olds and above. This is likely due to the fact their age makes them at higher risk for serious illness from the virus, and a combination of any underlying health condition heightens that risk further.
The data from NHS England includes all patients identified by GPs, the NHS and hospital doctors.
When can shielders return to work?
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Social care: only a fully public system will do Submitted by AWL on 16 February, 2021 - 8:14
Author: Sacha Ismail
Recent Covid data has underlined the alarming state of social care in the UK. Yet the biggest union of social care workers, Unison, has responded by allying with the very people overseeing this dire situation.
Not that far off a quarter of the UK’s virus-connected deaths so far, over 26,000, have been in care homes. That includes over 7,000 this year.
Meanwhile between March and December there were 79 deaths per 100,000 social care
workers, as opposed to 31.4 among workers in general (among women, 35.9 vs 16.8). Among frontline care home and home care workers, the figures were 109.9 for men and 47.1 for women.
Financial support could be offered to extra 1 7 million asked to shield, says GP
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