Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to provide personal protective equipment to people caring for elderly relatives at home.
The Government recognises the crucial role family carers play, especially during this difficult period.
On 8 April the Government published guidance for unpaid carers which provides general advice, including advice on infection control, links to other information and support, and advice on caring where someone has symptoms. This can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-providing-unpaid-care
The Government will continue to work closely with carer organisations and others to support family carers during this period and beyond. This includes working with Carers UK to provide carers with practical advice which can be found at the following link:
https://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/health/looking-after-your-health/coronavirus-covid-19