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The ministers have been criticized for their “shady” efforts to protect those most vulnerable to Covid-19, as more than 1,000 people were confirmed to have died in care homes.
Deaths in nursing homes in England and Wales have more than quadrupled from 217 to 1,043, data from the Office for National Statistics show.
The devastating numbers are above the number of deaths from viruses in the hospital that rose from 828 to 17,337 yesterday.
But they are still far from warnings from the healthcare sector that many thousands more have already died.
Professor Martin Green, executive director of Care England, warned that the number could now reach 7,500.
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However, on February 25, the Public Health England orientation said: “People receiving care in a nursing home or community are still highly unlikely to become infected.”
Dave Prentis, head of Unison, which represents many care workers, urged the government to “act together” to save lives.
And he said the staff was also at serious risk after being “massively disappointed” by the PPE scandal.
He said: “This is shocking evidence of the government’s chaotic handling of the Covid crisis.”
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The number of confirmed deaths in private residences also tripled to 466.
About 85 hospice patients have died along with 21 people in “community facilities” and 45 elsewhere.
Sally Copley of the Alzheimer’s Society said the numbers were “alarming,” but warned of the worst, as the data is 11 days old.
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“With limited evidence, this does not come close to capturing all deaths from the virus,” he said.
“Nursing home data needs to be published daily so we can get a real idea of what’s going on.
“With 70% of people in nursing homes with dementia, families will be terrified of their loved ones.
“We must never forget that each death is a real person, leaving a heartbroken family.”
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Devastated family members who have lost elderly or vulnerable family members include Elaine Shirt.
He put his father, Cyril Lawrence, 99, in a nursing home in Bolton after his mother was admitted to the hospital.
When his mother returned home, Lawrence, a former Blackpool FC footballer, had coronavirus.
Hayden Hewitt’s mother-in-law, Annie, 83, died after a GP refused to visit her care home in Tameside, Gtr Manchester. The family claims that the NHS refused to send him an ambulance.
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The staff also died after caring for residents. The mother of four children, Patricia Crowhurst, died at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, last week.
The 54-year-old man had provided individual support to residents of homes throughout Teesside.
And Sonya Kaygan, 26, who worked in North London, died, leaving behind a three-year-old daughter.
The number of people dying in nursing homes from all causes is almost double what it was four weeks ago.
There were 4,927 deaths in the week ending April 10. In the week to March 13, when the first Covid-19 deaths were recorded, there were 2,471.
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Total weekly national deaths from all causes is now at a record level for the second week in a row.
In the week ending April 10, 18,516 people died, the highest number since the data was first published in 2000.
Just over a third of all deaths were attributed to Covid-19, increasing to more than half in London and 37% in the West Midlands.
The local authority with the highest number of Covid-19 related deaths in nursing homes was Salford (46), followed by Cardiff (32) and Southwark, County Durham, and Ealing (27).
White Horse Vale and Merthyr Tydfil (both 53%), Torridge (50%) and Scarborough (46%) had
highest proportion of Covid-19 related deaths in nursing homes.
Ian Hudspeth of the Association of Local Governments called the numbers “shocking” and warned that more would come.
“We have yet to see the peak of stress in the social care system, which will require the need to start thinking about shifting the ability of hospitals to the community to meet increased demand,” he said.
Sarah Deeny of the Health Foundation charity said: “For the first time since the outbreak began, there were more deaths in nursing homes than in the community.”
He added: “Better and more timely data from care homes could have helped mobilize more assistance for the sector.”
And statistician Jason Oke of Nuffield’s Department of Health Sciences for Primary Care warned that there could be a second spike this year.
“Inside care homes that could be possible,” he said.
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