Department of Health and Social Care
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“They are paying these consultants the weekly equivalent of what a nurse earns in a year," one MP said in reaction.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said it is aware of the issue and “urgently working” to resolve it.
“What I care about is how effectively people work," health secretary says, while insisting he does not disagree with Boris Johnson.
The government has been accused of adopting a “slow, inconsistent and at times negligent” approach to social care.
Health chiefs do not have data about the number of people following the rules – despite threatening stricter measures if too many people break them.
Reporting is often lower on weekends.
The saliva test is being trialled on frontline workers in Southampton.
The Office for National Statistics figures also show 40 deaths where coronavirus was a factor took place outside hospital during the same period.
