Many NHS staff in Wales not routinely tested amid second Covid wave
Now information obtained by the BBC's Wales Live programme shows while some frontline workers had routine lateral flow tests from December, the policy was not rolled out to many hospitals until mid-February.
Her grandmother was admitted to the Princess of Wales hospital in Bridgend with a stroke in September, while her aunt attended a few weeks later with a water infection. Ms Evans has called for answers over why her grandmother was moved around different wards, and about the level of staff testing that was taking place last winter.
At the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff she was kept in for physio when it was discovered that she had broken a bone in her pelvis during the accident.Ann tested negative for Covid on admission to UHW but around a fortnight later contracted the virus.Ms O'Hanlon said she felt "angry and annoyed," adding: "I just want answers. You send people to be safe and to be looked after and to me she wasn't looked after".
It had previously started testing a "small cohort of staff" at Wrexham Maelor hospital on 21 December.did not provide dates.
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