Brent Council was a trailblazer when it came to throwing a protective ring around care homes during the coronavirus crisis and should be held up as an example to other local authorities, its leaders have claimed.
The Labour-held ward spent £1.5m on PPE in February and ensured elderly patients discharged from hospital were quarantined for 14 days in a separate care facility, regardless of whether they had tested positive for Covid-19, to stop them potentially infecting other residents.
While there have been more than 10,000 care home deaths related to the virus across the UK, Brent has one of the lowest figures in London.
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