say their loved ones were left to die due to a lack of testing and care for the most vulnerable dawn hopkins lost her mother in law here's her story. it started with a phone call from the staff to say that she developed a temperature a very high temperature so we went to concerned at the time because she had had an infection. and then and then it was really when the doctor and i asked the doctor the question did she think they are bad and she said. possibly 8 more than like clay we asked. and they said they weren't they weren't given test and. and i also asked the cheap a if she could be tested. they said at that time they weren't test stand. residents in care homes you know there's always going to pray that question. you know was it definitely co-chaired and she passed away from i am 99.9 percent sure it was. a stroke or landslide she wasn't worthy of having a task. and if she didn't have the test area it would read and make the decision to ask her what's going to hospital more than 11000 people are now believed to have died in care homes since the start of the pandemic in the u.k. the just

though the high number of deaths in care homes was a huge tragedy and a master of great regret here dawn hopkins again speaking about her mother in law. but she was 92 she had a man share book she had a good quality m.r.i. and it really wasn't no time to down i thought i think the government the care homes knocked me down and they have not given them clear guidance on how to manage and keep the resident sank in this pandemic and many short have have prioritized their care homes as well because that some of that is more now known like to my children we need to look into why so many residents in care homes have passed away due to their we need someone since rarely as to why this is going on around town. however even with the n.h.s. of the central focus the health system itself struggled a lot of personal protective equipment has been a particular problem for medical staff some are even 100 p.p. years past its original expiry date earlier i spoke to markham kendrick a doctor who was on the receiving end of some of that old equipment. been injecting a long time to the you know fact that not only wer

up a high number of deaths in care homes was a huge tragedy and a matter of great regret here's dawn hopkins again. but she was 92 she had a man share book she had a good quality ally and it really wasn't no time to down i thought i think the government at last the care homes knocked me down. they've not i don't think they've given them clear guidance on how to manage and keep the resident sank in this pandemic that will commence short have have to prioritize their care homes as well because that some of that is more now no like to my children we need to look into why so many residents in care homes have passed away due to their we need some months it's rarely as to why this is going on now to happen. however even with the n.h.s. as the central focus the health system itself has struggled a lot of personal protective equipment has been a particular problem for medical staff some are even handed people passed it's expiry date. kendrick is a doctor who receives some of the old equipment we speak to him live now on the program good to see you markham you claim the box had a new date stamped on