The government's failure to protect elderly and vulnerable residents inside care homes is the single biggest scandal of the UK response to the pandemic. Tens of thousands of our most at risk community were left exposed to a killer virus that we knew would target them first. The government says it had to take action to protect the NHS and increase capacity so it would not be overwhelmed by the emerging global health crisis.
We carried out our own investigation to find out what had happened during the spring of 2020. We sent Freedom Of Information requests to 143 NHS Trusts. Of these 59 responded. We learned 6435 people were discharged from hospital into a care home between 19 March and 15 April. Two thirds of these patients did not have a COVID-19 test during their stay or at discharge. Of those who were tested 623 were positive.
Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)