The family of an England rugby player locked down in a care home have voiced “pure despair” at new visiting rules which mean thousands of care residents will continue to be denied contact with loved ones.
Kate Skillen, whose father, David Robinson, was a flanker in a county team that beat the New Zealand All Blacks in 1972 and toured Japan with England in 1971, said her family feel helpless that despite a pledge from the government to return to “unlimited visiting” from this week, rolling Covid outbreaks mean they cannot see him. Their last visit was on Christmas Day.
