Relatives who have lost people in nursing homes to Covid-19 are ‘absolutely furious’ over Matt Hancock’s diaries, and one woman said the former health secretary should ‘hang his head in shame’.
With Mr. Hancock Pandemic diariespublished in excerpts in daily mailThe former minister argues that Covid-19 was mainly introduced into nursing homes by infected staff, and not because of the decision to release residents from the hospital without testing, which is largely responsible for the large number of Covid deaths in care facilities at the beginning of the pandemic.
He accuses NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens of claiming that Mr Stevens has developed a policy to allow vulnerable elderly patients to be discharged to nursing homes and suggests “outrageous” behavior by nursing home operators who he believes are infected workers. who are allowed to work.
Dr Cathy Gardner, whose father died in April 2020 at the age of 88 at a nursing home in Bicester, Oxfordshire, said of the diaries: “It’s just empty talk when he tries to say it has nothing to do with me, it was all associated with it. He is trying to evade his duties as Secretary of State for Health and Social Affairs.”
one of the Dr. Lawsuits filed by Gardener and Faye Harris revealed that the government acted illegally in the early stages of the pandemic by sending untested patients to nursing homes.
Dr. Gardner said she would like Mr Hancock to admit his mistakes, adding that asking for forgiveness for his romance rather than his handling of the pandemic “makes me sick.”
“I think he should just shut up, hang his head in shame and acknowledge how many people have died.”
Amos Waldman’s grandmother, Shiela Lamb, died of Covid-19 at a north London nursing home in April 2020.
He said I that reading the news about Mr. Hancock’s diaries made him “absolutely furious”, especially the news of April 2, the day his grandmother died. He described it as “revisionism at its worst” and said, “I find it disgusting and appalling that he is trying to deflect blame in this way.”
At 94, his grandmother was mentally sharp, according to Waldman, but her condition rapidly deteriorated after she fell ill a month after arriving at the nursing home.
He said it was difficult for Mr. Waldman to get accurate information about her condition, the nursing home shied away from her illness, but the medical records made it clear that these were textbook symptoms of Covid-19.
“We loved her so much that we couldn’t say goodbye. We couldn’t truly mourn as a family, with so many people in the same boat.”
He said that although there were problems with the response of nursing homes, many were left in a “black hole” without resources, training and personal protective equipment.
“Before [Matt Hancock] without apologizing, without showing any real remorse, and willing to use their experience to earn money and clear themselves before the investigation, maybe? I’m not sure what exactly he’s trying to achieve, but it’s rewriting history and it makes me sick.”
Comments from families are coming, said Nadra Ahmed, president of the National Health Association, which represents small and medium health care providers. Time The former health minister’s account of what happened in nursing homes is “not true”.
She claimed that the entry in Mr. Hancock’s diary was words “traded” by a man who “at that time had no idea of social care and its value, and this shows that since then he has learned nothing.”
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, the Labor Party’s shadow secretary for mental health, tweeted: “How dare he? While he can go through life carefree and ask for public forgiveness, others live with scars that will never heal.
Mr. Hancock’s office was contacted for comment.
Source: I News
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