in care homes is likely to be higher than those reported by the Office for National Statistics .
He then faced criticism from Hunt for the government's failure to reveal care home deaths along with hospital statistics on a daily basis.“I have asked the CQC to make sure we record the deaths of those who are residents of care homes," he said."They started to collect that data yesterday and it will start to be published shortly.”
The health secretary also announced that testing would be rolled out to other public service workers, including fire fighters, police, the judiciary and prison officers, and critical local authority and Department for Work and Pensions staff from today. "Within the NHS, the number of staff coming forward for testing is lower than was anticipated," he said.