The National Care Forum says poor data left care homes 'fighting a losing battle' when coronavirus hit the UK
PHE said it"used the data on reported outbreaks in care homes, large and small, to inform directors of public health, directors of adult social care… and other partners through LRFs ".
The LGA added:"Data on testing, deaths and better surveillance will be required as we move into contact tracing and case finding." He added:"We were all, as directors, wanting greater distribution, greater understanding and transparency of the data around outbreaks and indeed, around incidents."PHE said it only published the data in late April after introducing detail about the number of outbreaks at local authority level in order to help support government.
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