https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/07/revealed-the-secret-report-that-gave-ministers-warning-of-care-home-coronavirus-crisis
Some good points made by @Chris made to @chipmunx . The secret government Exercise Cygnus report, effectively blocked care home management from knowing (be it public or private care homes) what is needed in times of a pandemic.
There were some real financial "gun to the head" levers forcing care homes to admit Covid19 possible carriers into care homes
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-care-homes-faced-funding-cut-if-they-didnt-take-in-covid-19-patients-11986578
This example of what happened in Gateshead is a shocking read:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-52739658
It highlights the problem in a nut shell. Hospitals trying to release hospital beds, care home refusing to accept without a negative Covid19 test, financial / police / ambulence / family pressures interwoven into one complex problem... all for just one test which could have solved this situation in an instant ( which wasn't available)