Robert Henderson
BAME staff form a very high proportion of both hospital and care home staff.
Coronavirus infection rates and deaths are much higher amongst BAME staff than amongst white staff
Patients in hospitals have a higher risk of contracting the coronavirus because of the large number of BAME staff .
Patients in hospitals have routinely been sent back to care homes without undergoing a test for coronavirus.
Inmates of care homes are more likely to be infected with the coroonavirus because of the high incidence of BAME staff.
Neither staff nor inmates of care homes have been routinely tested regularly for coronavirus.
In many care homes inmates cannot be kept apart because of the design of the care home.
RESULT A high casualty rate from the coronavirus in care homes.
Living In A Madhouse 