Update newsletter preferencesIn its actions the minutes said: “Sage advised that special policy consideration be given to care homes and various types of retirement communities .”
It is sadly not a surprise. After all, they don’t report total death figures in the UK preferring to focus on deaths in hospitals.
No surprises here
This is a disgrace.
That actually makes perfect sense. Care homes were just left to fend for themselves. I couldn't get a test as a care worker, yet I knew someone who worked for the NHS in admin and they could.
What a disgraceful neglect of our vulnerable & elderly.
So badly handled. Hope the care homes start taking the shambles of govnt to court
Disgraceful
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