ITV News published this video item, entitled “More than 100 Covid patients transferred to care homes in Scotland during spring | ITV News” – below is their description.
A total of 123 hospital patients in Scotland who tested positive for Covid-19 were discharged into care homes from March 1 to May 31, a study from Public Health Scotland has found. Between these dates, there were 5,204 discharges from NHS hospitals to care homes, relating to 4,807 individuals, which accounted for 5.3% of all hospital discharges during the same period. The study also showed that between March 1 and April 21 there were 3,599 discharges from hospitals to care homes, with the majority (81.9%) not tested for coronavirus, meaning the total could be far higher.
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