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Matt Hancock's claims of putting a "protective ring" around care homes is laughable. Homes reported in March that PPE was requisitioned for the NHS, patients were discharged with no testing until the end of April, and little extra funding made available by councils.
There is now lots of action being done and new support for homes from NHS due to be in place from today. But its too little too late, especially in the context of SAGE advising of community spread in February.
You can read about some of this new support for homes in this piece from me 3 days ago: independent.co.uk/news/health/co…
And lets remind ourselves where we were at the end of March start of April: independent.co.uk/news/health/co…
And on March 10 on pg 1 of @Indepedent @ProfMartinGreen and others warned about the lack of planning for social care: independent.co.uk/news/health/co…
None of the SAGE documents published so far mention social care or care homes or discuss the needs of the sector to prevent spread and deaths etc.

DHSC insists SAGE has discussed social care issues...just not been published yet. 🤔
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