The Independent

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Care worker Precious Omoruyi, says she was turned away from a supermarket during a NHS-time-slot

When Precious Omoruyi ended her 12-hour shift at a care home in Glasgow, you went too early on a Sunday morning to your local Tesco supermarket for essential supplies.

The 22-year-old nurse shopping trip with a time-slot reserved for NHS staff, but they felt, as a frontline care worker, she had every right to be there.

she was shocked to discover that The Store had other ideas.

"I went to The Store , because I had nothing At Home and I was working, The Next night," she recalls.

"I was asked for my ID at The Door , but my work is a photo, in contrast to NHS badge, not badge, and I was told I could not go. I offered to show you my uniform, which I had with me, but she said no.

"I was angry and disappointed, but I wasn't in The Mood to fight with you, so I just left. I felt really appreciated, under -. "

For Ms Omoruyi, companies such as Just Eat have been fueled, the feeling, by providing discounts for NHS staff.

"I have the feeling, that the maintenance forces are not really given the recognition they deserve, but we give the same care, and we share the same risks," she said.

"I'm going to work as you, and every change that I Hope I don't get coronavirus. "

How big is the Scottish independent social care sector?

source: Scottish care

Under-appreciation for The Social support of the workers, Donald Macaskill, says that social care staff had every right to feel under the

Scottish Care rating, the equivalent of more than 400 organisations in The Independent social care services sector, said Ms. Omoruyi's story was all too familiar.

Chief executive Donald Macaskill said: "The Social care workforce has evaluated every right to feel.

"has highlighted During the Covid-19-pandemic, the importance of the workforce and the apparent shift in perception to a certain degree, including The Weekly Clapping for caregivers, we shall see, ignorance and under-appreciation of The Social care workers.

"Some of our supermarkets refuse to allow you access to restricted shopping hours as their NHS colleagues, and organizations with meritorious services to health professionals, but ignore their colleagues in the care of the community.

"This is disappointing and wrong. Social care services and their employees play an important role in the support of our hospitals to this pandemic and ensure some of our most vulnerable citizens. "

on the question to his Sunday morning NHS-only " Directive that said a Tesco spokesman, The Company had no plans "for The Time " to the Independent Sector .

the Island also offers "exclusive hours" on the NHS-workers, and he has no immediate plans to up.

On its website, The Company says: "We perfectly understand The Need for social assistance to workers in this period, and have a huge amount of respect and gratitude for what you do.

"But there are limits to what we can do, as a relatively small supermarket in This Time of extraordinary demand, considering that the UK has 1. 1 million workers in the NHS and a further 1. 6 million workers in social care.

"that's why we had to make the decision, to set priorities only NHS employees and the elderly and weak in This Time , but we will continue to help ways of looking after others. "

'Difficult times' Iceland is an offer of several super-markets in the NHS-only slots

in Other super markets such as Sainsbury's and Morrisons are in the Independent Sector , nursing staff in shopping slots.

Asda, which last month announced that it would be a prioritisation of the NHS workers in the larger stores on certain days of the week, said on Friday that it was a "misunderstanding," and that "all social care workers have been welcome and are welcome now," while the reserved slots.

Only eat one of the many businesses that the proposed discounts for NHS employees (25% in this case), you could be open to a change in its policy.

A spokesman said: "While this discount applies to NHS employees, we recognize that these are probably some of The Most difficult times we go through in our lives and want to support in any way we can.

"We Are investigating a range of options, to see how we can help more people at The Front , as well as the support of the broader government response to Covid-19. "

Scottish care hopes, rather than expects, that the pandemic leads to a change in The Way the nurses of The Public .

Mr Macaskill said: "When we finally reach The End of the Corona-Virus-pandemic, there must be a fundamental shift in the how the people working in this area feel that society has estimated for the necessary and complex work that you do"

coronavirus pandemic, supermarkets, nhs, tesco, social care

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