The NCF said that the decision to not test CQC inspectors in care homes undermines the policy.
Care home groups
An Adult Social Care Winter Plan to support care homes through the winter has been announced by the government.
The relaxation excludes Aberdeen City Council due to local outbreaks of coronavirus cases.
The full-time wheelchair users hailed from Gloucestershire House in Cheltenham, Symonds House in Hertfordshire, St Bridget’s in West Sussex and Fryers House in Hampshire.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock told ITV News that “COVID-secure visiting” would resume shortly in England.
In their letter, 14 scientists say a positive antibody test does not prove immunity and the test offered “no benefit” to hospital and care staff.
The donation came about after a chance phone call from Cotswold Scrubs, formed in April by a group of local Cheltenham companies pooling their resources to help fight the pandemic.
The ONS revealed that COVID-19 related care home deaths were down by 34.6% in England and Wales in the week to June 12 to 369.
A financial analyst has warned that one in ten care homes could be forced to close as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
