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An investigation showed that Do Not Resuscitate orders were given to patients with learning disabilities by doctors during the pandemic despite instructions from NHS England not to do so.
The Care Provider Alliance said it warned the Department of Health on March 26, 2020 that without testing care home residents there is no way of knowing whether they are going to infect others .
Speaking at a select committee today where he was grilled by MPs on mistakes made in handling the pandemic, Matt Hancock said the Indian variant now makes up 91 per cent of UK infections.