Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish all advice issued in 2020 to residential care homes on the transfer of covid-19 positive residents into acute settings.

Advice to residential care homes on admissions, hospital discharge, designated settings and the management of staff and residents exposed to COVID-19 is published on GOV.UK. The key guidance documents are available at the following links:

‘Coronavirus (COVID-19): admission and care of people in care homes’

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-admission-and-care-of-people-in-care-homes

‘Discharge into care homes: designated settings’

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/designated-settings-for-people-discharged-to-a-care-home/discharge-into-care-homes-designated-settings

‘COVID-19: management of staff and exposed patients and residents in health and social care settings: Guidance on the management of staff, patients and residents who have been exposed to COVID-19’

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/designated-settings-for-people-discharged-to-a-care-home/discharge-into-care-homes-designated-settings

Whilst the guidance has been updated periodically, a record of changes is published alongside the documents.