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R E F L E CT I O N S ON MANAGEMENT DURING COVID-19
The battle against coronavirus has just about taken all the energy the sector has. As breathing space begins to edge slowly in, Raina Summerson reflects on what has happened, where we are now and what we can hope for in the future.
Since March and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, life in social care has become even more challenging than usual. Many times in the past weeks, my colleagues and I have asked ourselves what we did before ‘the crisis’, as every part of our days, like many others’, have been overwhelmed with managing the management of coronavirus. Three months in, there is finally some space for reflection and
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consideration of the issues raised for the social care sector and how it might change the future for us. Could it be the catalyst for the major social care reform that has been so long awaited? Or will we go back to being on the side-lines, an area just too big and complex to address? Underlying system issues have certainly been brought to the fore during the pandemic. A lack of
