Care Homes: Coronavirus
(asked on 8th June 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish the guidance provided to local authorities on prioritising care home referrals for covid-19 testing.
This question was answered on 6th August 2020
On 5 June Ros Roughton, Director General, Adult Social Care, wrote to Directors of Public Health and Directors of Adult Social Services. The criteria of prioritisation were:
- Care homes referred to the Department by Public Health England because they have had a new outbreak;
- Care homes that have over 50 beds;
- Care homes with 25-50 beds;
- And then all other care homes.