contacted regulators the authorities 4 weeks ago apparently without response the charity's founder eileen sharpe told us care homes have always been a weak link in the u.k.'s health care system. this crisis was forseeable and you know it's been a number of weeks now since staff of been raising concerns about to p.p.a. about lack of staffing as well care homes usually get by on a wing and a prayer. anything goes wrong and everything crumbles and there is the case now west africa off sick and there isn't anyone to replace them the people the context does the good care is you know the stuff that humble me with you know their compassion for the job and you know you don't hear about these health care workers they're going to be given half of all covert care where people are dying and you know i know it's great that people are clapping for the n.h.s. but i say to people for these carers they're doing something absolutely amazing they're not trained they've got no equipment and they've got no gratitude and i think that you know at least we can do is to stand up for them the death toll and you can holme