[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Is that right? Explicitly? Don't you mean that government guidance had not made it a requirement to test patients being discharged to a care home?

They are two completely different things.

jfman is correct:

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.”

https://fullfact.org/health/coronavi...mes-discharge/