The NCF said that the decision to not test CQC inspectors in care homes undermines the policy.
An Adult Social Care Winter Plan to support care homes through the winter has been announced by the government.
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Indoor visits to care homes in Wales are to be allowed from the end of this month.
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.
In Hampshire alone, it is estimated that an extra 6,000 people in caring jobs could be needed over the next five years.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock told ITV News that “COVID-secure visiting” would resume shortly in England.
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.
VODG has called for an urgent shift in the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
