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To turn away patients. it says urgent action must be taken to get through the next few months safely. yesterday the government announced an extra £162 million to boost the adult social care workforce. joining me now is anita astle mbe, who is the director of national care association and managing director at wren hall nursing home. thank you very much for being with us. tell us about the staffing shortages, we read lots of stories about people going to retail, hospitality that are essentially paying more, is itjust the money or are they fed up with the workload in care homes? well, i don t think we have got anita astle, actually, she seems to have frozen in our screen. i am sorry, we will try to get back to her as soon as we can. yes, anita ....
That they just couldn t get to us, actually. a lot of their carers didn t drive, so they couldn t get to us. we re on our third company at the moment. fingers crossed it s working. but it s taking an enormous toll on my mother s mental health because she s become terribly concerned about whether she s going to have carers every evening, which she needs, and that s a real problem. so, it s wonderful that something s being done, but it is a real worry that it s not being done fast enough. joining me now is anita astle mbe who is the director of national care association & managing director at wren hall nursing home. we ve had this afternoon, a plan from the government a means of funding the plan, what is your reaction? :, .., funding the plan, what is your reaction? funding the plan, what is your reaction? :, , :, ., reaction? hello, can you hear me? hello. ....