Slightly different story in the UK but policies gave the Grim Reaper a free hand in care homes Archived Message Posted by SueC on May 4, 2020, 2:55 pm, in reply to "Re: Nightingale @ Excel Centre mothballed. Full Sage membership list published." In the UK, an instruction seems to have been issued to hospitals that they should clear beds in preparation to receive Covid-19 patients. Anyone who could go home was discharged, the rest were transferred to nursing and care homes. No testing for coronavirus was done and at least some patients would have been infected with Covid during their hospital stay. For their part, the care homes couldn't refuse transfers. At the same time as this mass dumping, care and nursing homes were effectively told NOT to call for NHS medical assistance if their residents fell ill. The assumption that has been made constantly is that it is not possible currently to become unwell with anything other than Covid. So one source of infection in care homes was through government policy while another government policy ensured anyone in a care home who became unwell either recovered of their own accord or died. It's a bad time to have heart or any other medical problems. Message Thread: Nightingale @ Excel Centre mothballed. Full Sage membership list published. - Mary May 4, 2020, 1:13 pm Re: Nightingale @ Excel Centre mothballed. Full Sage membership list published. - Mary May 4, 2020, 1:20 pm Re: Nightingale @ Excel Centre mothballed. Full Sage membership list published. - Mary May 4, 2020, 1:29 pm Re: Nightingale @ Excel Centre mothballed. Full Sage membership list published. - Mary May 4, 2020, 3:49 pm Re: Nightingale @ Excel Centre mothballed. Full Sage membership list published. - margo May 4, 2020, 1:32 pm Slightly different story in the UK but policies gave the Grim Reaper a free hand in care homes - SueC May 4, 2020, 2:55 pm Re: Slightly different story in the UK but policies gave the Grim Reaper a free hand in care homes - Mary May 4, 2020, 3:21 pm   Searching