Children in shielding households also became a new - and widely unrecognised - group of carers.
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For immunosuppressed / immunocompromised families like Ryan's the risk and impacts didn't end when Boris Johnson claimed the end to "restrictions" was "a moment of pride".
💉Meningitis vaccines will be offered to y13s this summer.
We welcome this news, but we question the lack of vaccines for current university students and young people.
Halls are not the only transmission risk - as proven by the nightclub outbreak.
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1/ “I’m worn out already and I’m 26 and that’s the lasting impact of the pandemic”
Ryan’s story featured in the Inquiry's Module 6 Impact Film, shown on the first day of Module 6 public hearings in June 2025.
When people think of adult social care and the pandemic, care homes often come to mind.
But the majority of care in the UK takes place in people's own homes - delivered by care workers and by millions of unpaid carers.
