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<p>We have set out a comprehensive action plan to support the adult social care sector
in England throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, including ramping up testing, overhauling
the way personal protective equipment is being delivered to care homes and helping
to minimise the spread of the virus to keep people safe.</p><p>On 19 March we announced
£1.6 billion to help local authorities deal with the immediate impacts of COVID-19,
which many councils will have directed towards adult social care services. On 18 April
we announced an additional £1.6 billion of funding to support councils delivering
essential frontline services. We do not collect centrally the breakdown of local authority
support for different types of care providers.</p><p>This funding is part of the Government’s
commitment to ensure the National Health Service and social care system, and other
public services, have the resources required to tackle COVID-19. The Government will
continue to monitor pressures in the NHS and local government and will keep future
funding under review.</p>
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