July 28 2020 – (UPDATE) Coronavirus (COVID-19): providing unpaid care

Guidance for anyone who cares, unpaid, for a friend or family member who cannot cope without their support. This may be because they have a lifelong condition, illness, disability, serious injury, mental health condition or an addiction.

Today’s update is on face coverings, face masks and protective clothing. The following information has been added: examples of essential care under ‘Caring for someone who is clinically extremely vulnerable’; guidance on how to get tested; and contact details for NHS Volunteer Responders.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-providing-unpaid-care