The UK government has rejected calls to disclose coronavirus deaths in individual nursing homes, where thousands of died across the country, citing the need to project privacy and to avoid ‘creating confusion’
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a parliament session, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in the House of Commons Chamber in London, Britain May 13, 2020. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS
Helen Wildbore, director of the Relatives & Residents Association, a national charity supporting families of people in residential care, told Reuters that ensuring open communication between care homes and families “will help to allay any fears and ensure there isn’t an information gap which causes unnecessary anxiety.”
Scotland’s regulator, the Care Inspectorate, said it too would not provide site-level data to Reuters.The UK’s opposition Labour Party endorsed the calls for publishing the data. A shadow care minister, Liz Kendall, said more disclosure from the CQC “is crucial in tackling the spread of the virus in care homes.”
Pressed by opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer on Wednesday about the high number of deaths in care homes, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told parliament: “Now, I am not going to try to pretend to the House that the figures, when they are finally confirmed, are anything other than stark and deeply, deeply horrifying. This has been an appalling epidemic.”
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