Care leaders have branded Boris Johnson’s comments a “real slap in the face” after he suggested “too many” care homes did not properly follow procedures during the coronavirus pandemic.But Downing Street has declined to apologise, reiterating that care homes have done “a brilliant job”.The Prime Minister’s remarks came after he was asked what he made of NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens’ desire to see plans to adequately fund the adult social care sector within a year.“One of the things the crisis has shown is we need to think about how we organise our social care package better and how we make sure we look after people better who are in social care,” he said.“We discovered too many care homes didn’t really follow the procedures in the.
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