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Originally Posted by Maggy
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Why harsh? NHS England were following Government policy:
https://fullfact.org/health/coronavi...mes-discharge/
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We’ve been asked by readers whether it was government policy on 19 March to send hospital patients back into care homes, without making it mandatory for them to be tested for Covid-19.
This is correct. There was no requirement to test all patients being discharged from hospital into a care home until 15 April 2020, though some trusts were testing patients before that date.
Two days later, the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England and Improvement published the discharge requirements in detail.
There was no requirement to test everyone who was discharged to see if they were infected. The document said that, where applicable, Covid-19 test results should be included in the documentation that accompanied people who were discharged.
On 2 April, the government reiterated in new guidance that “any [care home] resident presenting with symptoms of COVID-19 should be promptly isolated” but specified that “negative tests are not required prior to transfers / admissions into the care home.”
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In summary, the Government instructed the NHS to transfer patients from hospitals into care homes without testing to see if they were infected.