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With the benefit of hindsight, our last Editorial (‘Working on the front-line: what war are we talking about?’) might appear ill-judged, as, in the space of a few weeks, the language of combat has come to dominate our news programmes. Across the globe, nations find themselves in lockdown in order to fight the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), with social work and social care being no exception. Problems caused by isolation in residential care for older people; the exacerbation of anxiety and paranoia for those with long-term mental health problems; families prohibited from embracing their loved ones at the end of life; the operation of social distancing in prisons; how to survive, never mind self-isolate, at home for people who have no home; the risks posed to social care staff who all too often do not have adequate personal protection equipment nor are they able to use touch as they communicate with vulnerable people in these very particular circumstances—this is indeed the stuff of ‘front-line’ practice, as we write and for the foreseeable future. Is this not, indeed, a battle, one which, as our political leaders constantly remind us, we are all in together, the virus being no respecter of persons? Despite this, the essential messages of our last Editorial hold good in this world in which keeping a balance between realism or denial, panic or fortitude, shifts from day to day. The truth is that some are much better placed than others to get through this and, as ever, social work must look out for and speak for, the most marginalised and vulnerable in our society. Now, more than ever, we must take the lead in building coalitions that will share and adapt existing expertise to address issues of well-being and survival for those who do not have the resources to do this for themselves.1 While our attention has turned to life in the ‘new normal’ state of emergency and the discussion over critical care beds and ventilators dominates the news, it is easy to overlook the other reality that people continue to experience breakdown and crisis and need routine support services

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With the benefit of hindsight, our last Editorial (‘Working on the front-line: what war are we talking about?’) might appear ill-judged, as, in the space of a few weeks, the language of combat has come to dominate our news programmes. Across the globe, nations find themselves in lockdown in order to fight the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), with social work and social care being no exception. Problems caused by isolation in residential care for older people; the exacerbation of anxiety and paranoia for those with long-term mental health problems; families prohibited from embracing their loved ones at the end of life; the operation of social distancing in prisons; how to survive, never mind self-isolate, at home for people who have no home; the risks posed to social care staff who all too often do not have adequate personal protection equipment nor are they able to use touch as they communicate with vulnerable people in these very particular circumstances—this is indeed the stuff of ‘front-line’ practice, as we write and for the foreseeable future. Is this not, indeed, a battle, one which, as our political leaders constantly remind us, we are all in together, the virus being no respecter of persons? Despite this, the essential messages of our last Editorial hold good in this world in which keeping a balance between realism or denial, panic or fortitude, shifts from day to day.

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