by kungfufighter » Tue Jul 07, 2020 10:15 pm
Here we go again. If it wasn't enough for Rees Mogg to call Grenfell victims stupid for following procedure, now Big Boris has called UK care homes negligent for not following procedures when the government failed to supply PPE and testing.
No apology over Boris Johnson's
'cowardly' care home claims
Both No 10 spokesperson and health secretary say PM’s remarks were ‘misunderstood’
The government has repeatedly refused to apologise after Boris Johnson said many care homes did not follow proper procedures on coronavirus, comments the head of a leading social care charity condemned as “clumsy and cowardly”.
The prime minister’s remarks, on a visit to Yorkshire on Monday, prompted outrage and anger from the care sector, unions and opposition MPs.
Johnson said the Covid-19 outbreak had illustrated problems with care homes, where nearly 20,000 people are confirmed to have died from the virus, adding: “We discovered too many care homes didn’t really follow the procedures in the way that they could have but we’re learning lessons the whole time.”
Mark Adams, the chief executive of Community Integrated Care, which provides care to a range of people in England and Scotland, said care homes were still having to provide much of their personal protective equipment (PPE), and were only now getting sufficient access to testing.
Here we go again. If it wasn't enough for Rees Mogg to call Grenfell victims stupid for following procedure, now Big Boris has called UK care homes negligent for not following procedures when the government failed to supply PPE and testing.
No apology over Boris Johnson's
'cowardly' care home claims
Both No 10 spokesperson and health secretary say PM’s remarks were ‘misunderstood’
The government has repeatedly refused to apologise after Boris Johnson said many care homes did not follow proper procedures on coronavirus, comments the head of a leading social care charity condemned as “clumsy and cowardly”.
The prime minister’s remarks, on a visit to Yorkshire on Monday, prompted outrage and anger from the care sector, unions and opposition MPs.
Johnson said the Covid-19 outbreak had illustrated problems with care homes, where nearly 20,000 people are confirmed to have died from the virus, adding: “We discovered too many care homes didn’t really follow the procedures in the way that they could have but we’re learning lessons the whole time.”
Mark Adams, the chief executive of Community Integrated Care, which provides care to a range of people in England and Scotland, said care homes were still having to provide much of their personal protective equipment (PPE), and were only now getting sufficient access to testing.