NEW: important news. Matt Hancock announces that from tomorrow the government will be publishing daily data on deaths from #covid19 in care homes and in the community.
More important news, something care home staff have been asking for for a long time:
Hancock announces expansion of testing programme to include asymptomatic residents and staff in care homes.
Will be very useful.
Hancock announces expansion of testing programme to include asymptomatic residents and staff in care homes.
Will be very useful.
Hancock announces further expansion to testing programme to include all over 65s and those in their households with symptoms
And all workers who have to leave home to go to work and their households, again if they have symptoms
And all workers who have to leave home to go to work and their households, again if they have symptoms
Care home testing for asymptomatic will be enormously welcome in the sector
But as we know from stats we've been reporting on NN and ONS data today, the excess deaths we're seeing in care homes is v troubling and disease is prevalent so many homes. For some, it comes too late.
But as we know from stats we've been reporting on NN and ONS data today, the excess deaths we're seeing in care homes is v troubling and disease is prevalent so many homes. For some, it comes too late.
