"This badge will be a badge of honour in a very real sense, allowing social care staff proudly and publicly to identify themselves, just like NHS staff do with that famous blue and white logo," he said. The Health Secretary said supermarkets had been asked to give the same priority access to care workers as NHS staff and he hoped that the badge would make it easier to do so. That is what care workers need." Liz Kendall, Shadow Minister for Social Care, said: “For millions of elderly and disabled people and their families, actions will speak louder than words. This must include home care staff and Personal Assistants employed through direct payments, as well as those working in care homes.

Source: Daily Mirror April 15, 2020 16:35 UTC