A care watchdog has published figures showing where Covid-19 was involved in deaths in care homes across the Isle of Wight.
The data spans just under a year, from 10th April 2020, to 31st March 2021, covering all three lockdowns and the height of the pandemic in January this year when cases and deaths rocketed.
129 deaths involving Covid-19
During that time period, 129 deaths were notified involving Covid-19.
It shows the highest number of deaths involving Covid-19 happened in the final quarter of the timeframe, between January and March, with 88 across 18 individual CQC-registered care homes.
In the middle part of the year, over quarters two and three, only three deaths happened, at Kinloch Tay Residential Care Home, Sandown Nursing Home and Cherry Blossom Care Home.
The data comes from death notices submitted by the care providers, so does not show where Covid was contracted by the person, or that they may have died elsewhere — but as it was a patient in their care home a notice had to be submitted.
Highest number of deaths
The most death notices received from a single care home was The Briars, in Sandown where 15 people died with Covid-19, from April to March 2021 — with 11 happening in quarter four.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has released the information having waited until it was less likely to have a serious impact of continuity of care, had someone used the information to make decisions that inadvertently put people at wider risk.
Devastating impact on adult social care
It says the impact of the pandemic on people who draw on and work in adult social care services has been devastating and despite the best efforts of staff, Covid-19 has contributed to a significant increase in the number of deaths in nursing and residential care settings.
The regulatory body said throughout the pandemic the CQC encouraged care providers to be open with people in their care and loved ones about the circumstances around people’s deaths.
See the figures here:
| 15 | The Briars |
| 10 | Northbrook House |
| 10 | Vecta House |
| 9 | Blackwater Mill Residential Home |
| 8 | Woodside Hall Nursing Home |
| 7 | Westview House |
| 7 | The Elms Nursing Home |
| 6 | Solent Grange Nursing Home |
| 6 | Old Charlton House Residential House |
| 6 | Inver House |
| 5 | Tile House |
| 5 | Cherry Blossom Care Home |
| 5 | Sandown Nursing Home |
| 4 | Springfield Nursing Home |
| 4 | Ward House Nursing Home |
| 3 | Cornelia Manor RCH |
| 3 | Orchard House Community Centre |
| 2 | Inglefield Nursing and Residential Home |
| 2 | Seven Gables |
| 2 | Byrnhill Grove Registered Care Home |
| 2 | Cherry Tree Care Home |
| 2 | Autumn House Residential Home |
| 2 | St Vincent’s Retirement Home |
| 1 | Firbank Residential Care Home |
| 1 | Kinloch Tay Residential Care Home |
| 1 | Bluebell House Residential Care Home |
Our thoughts are with all those who have lost love ones involving Covid-19.
This article is from the BBC’s LDRS (Local Democracy Reporter Service) scheme, which News OnTheWight is part of. Read here to find about more about how that scheme works on the Island. Some alterations and additions may have been made by News OnTheWight. Ed
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