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You should read this briefing by NHS Providers from May 2020 to get an idea of what the actual process was
RECENT NHS DISCHARGES INTO CARE HOMES
Here is a small quote from it to give you the flavour
"We have spoken to a range of NHS hospital and community trust leaders to understand how they implemented the instruction of 17 March and the guidance of 19 March to discharge medically fit patients to create hospital capacity to treat COVID-19 patients. The instruction and guidance deliberately, and rightly, left it to local health and care partners to agree how to implement the guidance in each system but was explicit that arrangements need to be agreed by all relevant partners including NHS trusts and the care sector."