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Hospitals in England discharging patients into ‘care hotels’

The Guardian

NHS trusts in south-west using hotels to free up beds to help them cope with winter crisis UK politics live – latest news updates Hospitals in several parts of England are discharging patients into “care hotels” in an effort to free up desperately needed beds to help them cope with the NHS winter crisis.

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NHS ‘care hotels’ spark concerns after report of clinical waste in bath

The Guardian

Worker fears people ‘warehoused’ in hotels meant to relieve pressure on beds in pandemic Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A care worker at a hotel used to relieve pressure on NHS beds has claimed vulnerable people have been “failed”, with problems including stinking clinical waste being stored in a bathtub and a lack of (..)

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