Member

During Covid, we recognised the need to treat care homes specially and differently from anywhere else. Sadly, in that instance, it was at the great expense of care homes and the elderly, who were locked away from their family and loved ones and in many instances died as a consequence of the wrong policy. However, during that time, we also recognised that we, as a society, have a special responsibility to the elderly in care homes, and therefore surely this Bill can create special measures for people who live in care homes. All we are asking for, very modestly, is that a proper clinical, holistic assessment is done of capacity and that it is not left to chance.