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A short thread on coronavirus and care homes...
There has finally been some really strong coverage of the threat to care home residents posed by #Covid19UK. Guardian and BBC are covering reports from large (brave) providers that they have much higher rates of infection and Covid related deaths than & #39;official& #39; sources recognise
Here are some reports on these providers& #39; accounts of deaths: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/14/uk-care-home-providers-report-521-coronavirus-deaths">https://www.theguardian.com/world/202... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-52277855">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-n...
Some reading on the impact on care providers themselves of these devastating infections https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/14/are-people-dispensable-care-home-manager-tells-how-third-of-residents-have-died-from-covid-19">https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
Charities rightly raising questions about why these deaths in care homes aren& #39;t appearing in the national statistics https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52275823">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-5...
A brilliant blogpost by @chrishattoncedr on the different sources of data on care home deaths - none perfect, and none seem to reflect the picture being reported by providers themselves https://chrishatton.blogspot.com/2020/04/recording-and-analysing-covid-19.html">https://chrishatton.blogspot.com/2020/04/r... Hats off to those providers who did speak out ( @DavidBehan15)
Some reports say that @CareQualityComm is now collating data on Covid19 deaths in those using care services. I& #39;m not sure this is quite correct. Rather, CQC collect data where death occured whilst a & #39;regulated activity& #39; was being provided, and includes whether Covid was present
The relevant CQC death notification info is here: https://www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-providers/notifications/death-person-using-service-notification-form">https://www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-...
That& #39;s not quite the same as saying providers must report to CQC every single death in a care home or from other care service users (e.g. supported living) where a person had Covid.
This difference is important, as the CQC data may also underestimate the true scale of deaths of care home residents in the UK from Covid.
