Matt Hancock’s memories of how he handled care homes during the Covid pandemic has been condemned as a “deluded version” of events. Nadra Ahmed, the chair of the England's National Care Association which represents small and medium care home providers, said the former Health Secretary’s account “bears no resemblance to the facts”.
She added that Mr Hancock’s account, included in extracts of his diary serialised by The Daily Mail, are words which have been “peddled” by a man who “had no awareness of social care and its value then and this demonstrates he has learnt nothing since”.
Mr Hancock insists the virus was primarily brought into facilities by infected staff members. The Government decided in the early stages of the outbreak to discharge potentially infectious Covid patients from hospitals into care homes without prior testing.
