Government plans to delay COVID-19 testing for all residents and staff at care homes until early September have been described as "an absolute kick in the teeth.
A pledge to regularly test all people in care homes for coronavirus throughout the summer had been promised by Ministers. But a leaked memo from Professor Jane Cummings, the Government’s adult social care testing director, to council chiefs told them that “previously advised timelines for rolling out regular testing in care homes” were being altered because of “unexpected delays”.
Regular testing of residents and staff was meant to have started on July 6 but will now be pushed back until September 7 for older people and those with dementia.
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