Isolation hospitals were shut down. As were recovery hospitals, where patients went between Hospital and going home. For rehabilitation with physio., healthy food etc..
Which is why Nightingale Hospitals were built where I expected all cases to be taken, therefore freeing up General Hospitals for routine patients. However, we know that there have never been enough NHS Staff to cover either an epidemic or pandemic.
I did think that villages would be isolated by area/population, with few people allowed in/out which is I suppose what Facebook groups are doing - shopping, prescription collections/deliveries so that less people need to travel.