A MAJOR University study is calling on social care workers to share their experiences of working in the frontline during the coronavirus pandemic.

The research is being undertaken by academics University West of Scotland (UWS) in partnership with Oxfam.

The team are looking to interview frontline social care workers, from both care homes and at-home care arrangements to find out more about the challenges and successes they have experienced during the pandemic.

The interviews will then be used to form a report which will feed back to policy makers and the public and inform proposed reform of Scotland’s social care sector.

Top social scientists Dr Hartwig Pautz and Dr Stephen Gibb will lead the interviews.

They want to explore the idea that many workers in the care sector felt abandoned throughout the pandemic and that elderly care was not prioritised.

Dr Gibb said: “The coronavirus pandemic has emphasised many of the long-standing issues which the social care sector faces, and also presented more – and care providers know that things need to change.”