Key question from @munirawilson on discharging patients into care homes without testing.
“If true, this is one of the biggest scandals and tragedies of the pandemic... will he apologise to the families of those who died?”
“If true, this is one of the biggest scandals and tragedies of the pandemic... will he apologise to the families of those who died?”
Matt Hancock says the government followed the “clinical advice”.
The advice as early as January 2020 was that Covid-19 could be spread by asymptomatic patients. Routine testing was surely the only safe way to return patients to care homes. It didn’t happen until April 15th.
The advice as early as January 2020 was that Covid-19 could be spread by asymptomatic patients. Routine testing was surely the only safe way to return patients to care homes. It didn’t happen until April 15th.
Asked whether he categorically promised in March that patients discharged into care home would be tested, Matt Hancock says “so many of the allegations yesterday were unsubstantiated.”
Matt Hancock essentially admits that mistakes were made, but claims they were learnt from.
“It’s another example of constantly learning about the virus. As we learnt the impact of asymptomatic transmission in particular, so we changed the protocols in care homes.”
“It’s another example of constantly learning about the virus. As we learnt the impact of asymptomatic transmission in particular, so we changed the protocols in care homes.”
“Did he know that the discharge policy did not require testing? Did he sign off this policy?” asks @KeeleyMP
Matt Hancock does not answer directly, simply saying he was focused on increasing testing capacity. Suggestion is they didn’t have capacity to test all patients.
Matt Hancock does not answer directly, simply saying he was focused on increasing testing capacity. Suggestion is they didn’t have capacity to test all patients.
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