UK rejects calls to publish detailed data of care-home deaths citing privacy

After authorities in UK declined to disclose number of COVID-19 deaths in individual care homes, campaigners for welfare of elderly people demanded UK government be more transparent, as per media reports. ncies that regulate home cares in England, Wales, Scotland, and rrn Ireland each rejected requests of several leing media outlets to give death toll citing “privacy” and “avoid confusion” among many reasons. 

According to reports, thousands of elderly people have succumbed to dely COVID-19 disease as per government's own statistics. Residents and families of those demised have been desperate for more information and transparency. Health and care influencing director at UK, Ru Isden, reportedly said that  lack of transparency was a problem for all sorts of reasons. He ded, it was very hard to get a handle on what's going on in care homes as people demanded answers and details of spre. vocacy groups that run helplines for families of care home residents reportedly said that callers wanted information about where outbreaks have occurred. But authorities aren't giving it, it ded. 

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Saving wards from being overwhelmed

Director of Relatives & Residents Association, a national charity supporting families of people in residential care, Helen Wildbore, was quoted saying that open communication between care homes and families was need of hour. She said, since many deaths have occurred, transparency will help to allay any fears and ensure re isn't an information gap that causes unnecessary anxiety, according to a news ncy report. An investigation report confirmed that government's focus on shielding hospitals, to prevent emergency wards from being overwhelmed, left care home residents and staff exposed to COVID-19. 

As per investigative report, patients were discharged into homes for elderly and vulnerable to free up hospital beds, often without being tested for coronavirus. However, on being asked for details of deaths in three homes bly hit by virus in London borough of Enfield, officials at Care Quality Commission (CQC), ncies refused to disclose data from any individual establishment, UK media reported.  

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