to think carers are keyworkers

[Samcro]

watching the news and stuff and no mention of carers.
without them care homes will be in trouble. vulnerable people will be left to fend for themselves.

What would happen if it’s decided I’m not a key worker but my ex wife is ?
Will this mean I am able to look after my dd probably losing my income and be unable to pay rent ?

Care workers are key workers from everything I've seen and were included in the list of essential workers from my daughter's school. All supermarket staff were included too.

Very unlikely all supermarket workers will be classed as key workers - the work can be done by anyone , people without kids will have to step in. Exception is delivery drivers, because you can't drag someone in off the street to do that job.

We don't have a list yet so no one can say who is or isn't a key worker.

My local schools are saying it will only apply to families where all adults are key workers, and children can only come in on days where all adults are working/sleeping after a night shift.

A friend, whose DD is in supported living, has been told by the provider that the carers are definitely classified as key staff. 2shoes our kids' carers should be ok to work (in theory)

The list is going to be long. Carers will be close to the top. Food supply chain (so all the way from the factory that makes containers to the shop floor). Public transport. A lot of council workers will either be key workers already or redeployed to provide cover. Utilities. Banks and Post Offices. Hauliers. We're talking in millions, not thousands.

Well that's from the schools list perhaps the government will change that. The school is the only list I've seen.

I have a feeling the list won’t be as long as we think it should be. He’ll be brutal, if the work can be covered by someone else then they won’t make the list. So shop staff no but deliveries to the shop yes. Also where do you draw the line, what about the back office staff who support the key workers ie. HR?
Borris will be ruthless otherwise it’s pointless closing the schools

DD's secondary school has sent an email gathering information regarding who will be sending children in and what days. Their list today includes:

•	Ambulance driver
•	Carers looking after vulnerable/elderly
•	Community Support Officer
•	Firefighter
•	GP
•	Health Worker
•	Hospital Consultant
•	Medic
•	Nurse
•	Nursery Nurse
•	Police Officer
•	Prison Officer
•	Probation Service Staff
•	Social Worker
•	Supermarket delivery driver
•	Other (please state)

So caters are on that school's list, though they have missed off teachers actually.

I think they mean Paramedic, not ambulance driver!

It's mind boggling really when you sit down and think about how many people are actually 'key workers'. You automatically think of the obvious, NHS staff, police officers etc... But there are many many more that are vital really for keeping our society running, examples given on this thread, shop workers, bin men, gas, electric utility providers, delivery drivers or varying kinds etc etc you really could come up with a huge list.

Mind boggling some of these lists being produced

Ambulance driver

No Doctors other than GPs?

Ridiculous list

No military either, I guess they're staying home!

TRIGGER WARNING this may sound morbid, but...

registration staff will need to be on the list, as without a death certificate you can't arrange a funeral/cremation. And undertakers will need to be on there too.

It's mind boggling really when you sit down and think about how many people are actually 'key workers'. You automatically think of the obvious, NHS staff, police officers etc... But there are many many more that are vital really for keeping our society running, examples given on this thread, shop workers, bin men, gas, electric utility providers, delivery drivers or varying kinds etc etc you really could come up with a huge list.

I say this every single chrismtas when I see the Facebook posts asking to spare a thought for healthcare workers who work over the festivities... Theres a massive workforce that is required to keep the country running and many of them are forgotten about.

I don’t understand how my husbands job isn’t on the list. He’s a train signaller for one of the main routes that tesco uses for freight trains.

I’m a carer for adults with learning disabilities.

I’m hoping dds preschool stays open!

I hope this situation shows how valuable care workers are and gets them off minimum wage.

It’s ridiculous. Either close the schools like they have done here (ours are closed for 6 weeks at least, it will be re-evaluated at the end of the 6 weeks) where no child goes to school at all of keep the schools open.

If we look at which services are “essential” over the coming weeks, it would account for more than half of the population.

Aside from all the healthcare workers and the support functions (hospital laundry, food service for hospitals, people delivering medical supplies, cleaners, etc), olive, fire, ambulance, anyone involved in food production or delivery (supermarkets, farmers, delivery drivers), we also have the following that will be necessary:

• rubbish collection
• prison service
• vets (possibly on call for emergencies only)
• dentists (on-call like vets)
• post office (my husband has cancer and his meds are sent by mail so for us the post office and delivery services such as FedEx are essential, along with many other rural patients)
• pharmacies
• fuel deliveries and fuel stations
• care workers
• social workers
• public transport or taxi drivers to get all of these people to and from work/supermarkets/school etc
• armed forces
• telecommunications and other utilities
• people who work in the funeral business

I’ve probably missed some but already that covers more than 50% of the country.

I can't thank my dads carers enough.
I can't see him and it's breaking my heart.

@BritWifeinUSA
The line has to be drawn somewhere. There would not be enough staff to care for the children of all those on your list. Teachers are also key workers so they will need to send their kids into one school while caring for kids in another. Absurd really.

I imagine the list of key workers will be high, however there won’t be a huge number of children where both parents are key workers.

My cousin is a paid carer (4 hours a day, 4 days a week) for a family friend’s elderly mother who has dementia. The lady lives with her son who works in a supermarket shelf stacking in the evenings. Will she count as a key worker? She has 2 primary aged children & is a lone parent.

sweeney
DS2 is at secondary and of course is fine on his own. But me and DH work over half an hour away and are potentially out the house for eleven hours. We live semi rurally with only one neighbour, no family in the county to call on. So not always as simple as it seems.

No they are not.

Also DV workers looking after refuges should be on there