At last there are some reports in the media about care homes being forced by the NHS to take in patients from hospitals at the height of the pandemic.
Previous reports were blaming the government for this but it was the NHS Managers who were forcing homes to take in patients from hospitals. I said from the start that my Mum’s home Manager told me she didn’t want to take in anybody at all coming from hospital but was made to. She and all local care homes were phoned and told that if they had empty rooms they must be filled.She said “no” but was told she had no choice. She then insisted that as they arrived by ambulance a member of her staff would go on the ambulance in full PPE, take their temperature and look at their notes and if anything looked suspicious she would not allowed them off the ambulance.
Thankfully they have had no cases of coronavirus whatsoever in the home.
Previous reports were blaming the government for this but it was the NHS Managers who were forcing homes to take in patients from hospitals. I said from the start that my Mum’s home Manager told me she didn’t want to take in anybody at all coming from hospital but was made to. She and all local care homes were phoned and told that if they had empty rooms they must be filled.She said “no” but was told she had no choice. She then insisted that as they arrived by ambulance a member of her staff would go on the ambulance in full PPE, take their temperature and look at their notes and if anything looked suspicious she would not allowed them off the ambulance.
Thankfully they have had no cases of coronavirus whatsoever in the home.