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Government's coronavirus test and trace programme sparks fears over care home staff shortages
A Rehab Support Worker checks patient Shirley Hughes, 86, as the first patients are admitted to the NHS Seacole Centre at Headley Court, Surrey, a disused military hospital, which has been converted during the coronavirus pandemic
THE government’s new test and trace scheme sparked concern today that there would be severe care home staff shortages if many workers have to self-isolate.
The scheme, which was launched in England on Thursday, requires people to self-isolate for 14 days if contacted by a contact tracer, whether they show symptoms of coronavirus or not.
The government’s scientific and medical advisers have repeatedly said that infection levels in care homes are a huge block to preventing the further spread of Covid-19.
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