EXCL: Channel 4 News has seen a leaked document which calls on care home providers to accept patients who are COVID-positive from hospitals.
Full report by @C4Ciaran and @luciajwalker tonight 7pm
The contract, from Trafford Council in Greater Manchester, outlines how eligible care homes will receive COVID-positive patients within just 2 hours of the patient being identified by the hospital as ready for discharge.
Professor Adam Gordon told Channel 4 News that discharging patients from hospital to care homes was “accelerated and escalated” in the early months of the pandemic and that it could happen again this winter in line with the latest UK Government guidance.
A worker at a national care home provider told Channel 4 News there was “an expectation and pressure to accept all patients” from local authorities to take patients, including those carrying the virus, adding “We have staff and vulnerable residents who are being put in danger."
Tonight a spokesperson for Trafford Council said: “The discharge of patients from hospital is a carefully co-ordinated process in line with national government guidance. At all times, the health and wellbeing of the person being discharged is our primary concern."
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