Thread by @StillDelvingH

@Hardeep_Matharu It’s literally written here on the first screenshot.
”The NHS will seek to discharge more patients into care homes”
The guidance also clearly states patients may have been infected, advising to do nothing special unless symptoms appear.
On April 17th.

https://twitter.com/stilldelvingh/status/1251232999930245126?s=21

https://t.co/C1WUrpP6ol

@Hardeep_Matharu Update was on April 19th.
(Typo isn’t mine).

https://twitter.com/stilldelvingh/status/1252026516248113157?s=21

https://t.co/Fj16VqxD4Q

@Hardeep_Matharu And it wasn’t just care home patients.
@ChrisGiles_ any chance that could have triggered a few excess deaths?

Here is March 19th ‘Get them out of hospitals!’ Guidance (but nightingale?)

(So Hancock could brag about empty beds/NHS copping?)

https://twitter.com/stilldelvingh/status/1254067438586650626?s=21

https://t.co/SfyVcwZoq9

@Hardeep_Matharu @ChrisGiles_ Note that it was also required that hospitals discharge patients unable to go home to be sent to *any* care home with a free bed (2.5) so they could be discharged from hospitals ASAP, before to be sent back in their care home.
”Protective ring”?
@peterjukes @piersmorgan

@Hardeep_Matharu @ChrisGiles_ @peterjukes @piersmorgan FTR the guidance still says:
”This guidance is being reviewed following the publication of the adult social care action plan on 15 April 2020. We will publish updated guidance soon”.
No idea when ”soon” will be.

Reposting the link here ICYMI:
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

@Hardeep_Matharu @ChrisGiles_ @peterjukes @piersmorgan For the sake of clarity, the other guidance linked to in there does mention testing people before to send them to care homes on April 16th.
(Well ”moving to institute a policy of testing”). For patients still to be discharged (altho next paragraph suggests maybe they shouldn’t?)