UK Covid inquiry finds care home failings

The sixth report from the Covid inquiry has found that UK government failings allowed Covid-19 to spread "like wildfire" in care homes. It criticises a lack of personal protective equipment and the failure to advise care homes to isolate people discharged from hospital, which the inquiry chair called a "significant oversight". The report says the care sector was treated as "an afterthought" during the pandemic.

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Government failings allowed Covid 'to spread like wildfire' in care homes, inquiry finds

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The sixth report from Covid inquiry criticises the lack of PPE and the way patients were discharged from hospital.

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BBC 2h ago

Government failings allowed Covid 'to spread like wildfire' in care homes, inquiry finds

The sixth report from Covid inquiry criticises the lack of PPE and the way patients were discharged from hospital.

BBC 5h ago

Covid failings in care homes: What the inquiry says

From the shocking lack of PPE to restrictions on visitors - the key points from the sixth Covid inquiry report.

Guardian 7h ago

UK government failures led to Covid spreading ‘like wildfire’ in care homes, inquiry finds

Inquiry chair says failure to advise care homes to isolate people discharged from hospital was ‘significant oversight’ • UK politics live – latest updates The care sector was “an afterthought” during the Covid-19 pandemic, and government failures caused the virus to spread “like wildfire” among vulnerable and elderly people, a public inquiry has found. Heather Hallett, who is leading the Covid-19 inquiry, said it wa…

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