Image copyrightNADIA WHITTOMEImage captionIn March Nadia Whittome returned to the care job she had before becoming an MP
An MP claims she was “effectively sacked” after speaking out about PPE at her part-time job at a care home.
Nadia Whittome, Labour MP for Nottingham East, returned to work at Lark Hill retirement village to help with the coronavirus outbreak.
But she said she was accused of “spreading misinformation” about the lack of PPE in her interview with BBC’s Newsnight and told not to return.
Her employer ExtraCare said there were no problems with PPE at Lark Hill.
It added it “no longer needed” her help as a casual worker because its own in-house cover was enough.
But Ms Whittome told Newsnight last month she saw masks limited to one a day and visors donated by members of the public.Skip Twitter post by @BBCNewsnight
“We’re scared and we don’t feel as though our government is keeping us safe because there isn’t enough PPE.”
Labour MP and care worker @NadiaWhittomeMP says they are using “visors that people have made at home and donated” and don’t have the right masks
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