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03

Feb 2021

Health
Health

Six covid deaths at Killinghall nursing home

Published: 3 Feb 2021, 06:15 GMT

by John Plummer

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Westfield House Nursing Home is finally recovering after being struck by the fast-acting variant of covid around Christmas. Many other local care homes have also been devastated in recent weeks.

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Westfield House Nursing Home

A Killinghall nursing home has confirmed it suffered six covid-related deaths in the final fortnight of January.

Westfield House Nursing Home remained almost covid-free until the new fast-acting strain struck around Christmas.

The outbreak had a devastating impact on residents and staff, culminating in the recent spate of deaths.

Many other care homes have also been badly affected by covid in recent weeks.

Tracey Holroyd, chairman of Warmest Welcome, which owns Westfield House and eight other homes, including The Crest Care Home in Harrogate, said:

"We have had six deaths that appeared to be related to covid since January 17.
"We now have just one resident who has to finish the remainder of their isolation period, which ends tomorrow.
'Currently we don't have any residents who are ill — or more ill than one would expect given that they already require 24-hour nursing care.
"The staff are all now back to work with the exception of the last two, who will be returning to work on February 5."


Ms Holroyd said all residents and staff at Westfield able to have covid inoculations had now done so.

But the recent outbreak of the virus has meant delaying jabs for some people.



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