I want to let you know what you have done when you spoke with, and broke, my wife two days ago.
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The person was assessed in need of hospital admission by a paramedic crew, and would benefit from active treatment
We were upset by your implication that care home residents should not be admitted
Approximately 50% of her staff are off sick right now. She is not sure that she will be able to stay staffed. Her clients may need to be sent into your care. This worries us more than anything.
She has done as much as she could, but when you and your colleagues discharged patients to her who had not been screened for COVID, this did little to help minimise the risks in her home.
I work in the same trust as you, but you know nothing of her world.
I know that you are not in the least bit busy in comparison to her and her staff.
You are working in a near empty hospital. The care home is running on skeleton / bank staff and has none of your resources.
The patient is safer, and can more readily be cared for where she is.
You are a disgrace.