And he said a pilot scheme at 20 sites would end the need for ‘prison-style’ plastic screens and other restrictions. They could be available in all care homes right now. ‘How dare they think a trial of testing in 20 care homes is enough? ‘But for the people in the other 12,000 care homes in the UK, nothing has changed. Experts say the decision to discharge thousands of untested hospital patients into care homes at the peak of the spring crisis was partly to blame.

Source: Daily Mail November 13, 2020 22:16 UTC