One nurse tells study: ‘We were under constant pressure to admit people who were Covid positive’
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Nursing homes were put under “constant†pressure to accept patients
with coronavirus while being regularly refused treatment from hospitals and GPs for residents who became ill at the height of the Covid crisis, a landmark study has revealed.
The Queen’s Nursing Institute said homes were told hospitals had blanket “no admissions†policies during April and May while GPs and local managers imposed unlawful do not resuscitate orders on residents.
The findings have emerged in a survey by the QNI, the world’s oldest nursing charity, which surveyed 163 care home nurses and managers working across the country.
Carried out between May and June this year, the study establishes an evidence base of the impact on the sector from coronavirus, in [...]
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