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Providers' group issues warning over PPE supplies

2 mins read Social Care Coronavirus
Some of the largest providers of independent children’s homes and fostering services in England have warned that they are still struggling to obtain personal protective equipment (PPE) for staff and carers looking after vulnerable young people.
Some social workers had been forced to provide their own protective kit. Picture: Adobe Stock
Some social workers had been forced to provide their own protective kit. Picture: Adobe Stock

Despite government efforts to boost supplies of PPE in response to the Covid-19 pandemic – including an 84-tonne consignment of goods from Turkey earlier in the week – a coalition of independent care and specialist education providers has told CYP Now that PPE supplies are inconsistent and insufficient.

In a statement, the Children’s Services Development Group (CSDG), whose members include Core Assets Group, Compass Community, Outcomes First Group, SENAD Group and Witherslack Group, said while it welcomed the government’s commitment on PPE, it remained “particularly concerned about access to PPE”.

“CSDG members care for some of the most vulnerable children and young people with highly complex needs and it is crucial we are able to do all we can to protect them from the virus,” the statement said.

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