Before Covid-19, both the NHS and social care were already in crisis. Overstretched and underfunded, hospitals were overwhelmed by winter flu and a backlog of people needing community care were waiting for…
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RED PEPPER: THE POLITICS OF COVID-19 – GOVERNMENT CONTEMPT FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
As a disabled adult, I’ve been epidemic-watching for a while, getting increasingly worried about Covid-19 as it came closer. Now that wave is about to break over the UK, and intensive care…