Should I report Covid-19 violations in care home?

I wonder what the legal stance is on this, or if there is one, even?

As you say yourself, the care home have done what they could by testing staff and sending anyone testing positive home. They will also have reported the results of the testing to their Head Office. What the carer does after being sent home is out of their control.

Yes, it is none of my business but the person who tested positive works with elderly people. Surely the care home have to report the results of these tests. They have done what they could by testing staff and sending those infected home. It would have stayed confidential had the person involved not bragged about it and flouted the guide lines. It affects us all. My acquaintance doesn’t work at the home. She wanted to report him herself but was too scared.

Mind your own business!

It would be your acquaintance who would have to report it and perhaps destroy a friendship in the process. Lots of people are not following guidelines and while it is frustrating when you are. you have no idea of their personal circumstances. It seems that we have reverted to a state where people report their neighbours/acquaintances/perhaps family at the drop of a hat! I would stay out of it, it is none of your business and is confidential as the manager has stated. Just keep away from anyone who is not following guidelines.

Ah! x posts, jane10

Buffy, your information is third hand. That is, useless.

This is a friend of a friend. It's hearsay. Best stay out of it.

I think that the legal ramifications surrounding many elements of Covid are huge.
There was a lawyer on LBC yesterday talking about schools' duty of care (or lack of) for those in their employment ie teachers.
This was in relation to teachers not being allowed to wear PPE; health and safety etc.

Do employers have a legal duty to report employees who are refusing to self-isolate?

Marydoll, obviously, they don't care!

I don't understand why someone testing positive would deliberately go shopping, knowing they should be self isolating.
What if they infect someone?

FannyCornforth, the set up is very casual - too casual. Nobody is checked to make sure that they're isolating.

You can and should report concerns to the police (online or non-emergency number). We shouldn't tolerate those playing Russian Roulette with our family's lives.

Mary and others - is expected that you report people for violating the self isolation law?
I have no problem with this; I just don't understand what the set up is.

If that person has tested positive, they should be self isolating.

From the NHS website:
It's a legal requirement to self-isolate if you test positive or are told to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace. You could be fined if you do not self-isolate.

Far north I was expressing concern for the Op's acquaintance who told Op above the positive case and their shopping habits, not the positive case themself.

Too bad if the worker has got into trouble at the care home.

Also - there is nothing that the Care home can do, is there?
I'll be very interested to read the responses to this.

It's outrageous behaviour, but I really don't think that there is anything that you can do.
I'm concerned that you may have got your acquaintance into a lot of trouble at her work place.
Re 'we are all at risk'. Indeed we are. Especially with the very high number of asymptomatic cases.