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Council refuses to put COVID patients in care homes

Enfield LBC has said it will not comply with requests to look at providing beds for COVID-positive patients in care homes.

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By Martin Ford | 24 December 2020

Enfield LBC has said it will not comply with requests to look at providing beds for COVID-positive patients in care homes.

The council has been asked to ‘explore the option' of creating more ‘designated capacity' in care homes as hospitals are inundated with patients.

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