NHS ‘care hotels’ spark concerns after report of clinical waste in bath
by Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent from on (#5VW30)
Worker fears people warehoused' in hotels meant to relieve pressure on beds in pandemic
A care worker at a hotel used to relieve pressure on NHS beds has claimed vulnerable people have been failed", with problems including stinking clinical waste being stored in a bathtub and a lack of accessible showers.
Lesley Horn, who worked in the the Future Inn hotel in Plymouth for two months told the Guardian she feared people were being warehoused" in temporary care hotels, which health officials have been instructed to use amid an acute shortage of care packages.
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