The British government has been criticised over its handling of the Covid-19 outbreak as new figures suggest around 15,000 care home residents have died with the virus.
Professor Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, said pandemic planning had been completely inadequate and the government had focused on the NHS while discharging infected patients into care homes.
He told MPs on a Health and Social Care committee that despite promises from ministers, there were still huge issues with testing, with results lost and staff waiting eight to 10 days to find out if they have coronavirus.
MPs also heard evidence of how Hong Kong has not had a single care home death after adopting a policy of quarantining patients leaving hospital for