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Care Home Failures During Covid Pandemic

20 Oct to 21 Oct

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Shaun WoollerDaily Mail
Y. Áine FoxEvening Standard
Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondentThe Guardian

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The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has found that vulnerable care home residents were left with “insufficient protection” as patients were discharged from hospitals without knowing if they had the virus.

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Care sector was ‘afterthought’ and suffered devastating impact – Covid report Evening Standard

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20 Oct
The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has found that vulnerable care home residents were left with “insufficient protection” as patients were discharged from hospitals without knowing if they had the virus.
3 outlets · Evening Standard

Coverage 7 articles

21 Oct DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Hancock's shame over Covid deaths...as inquiry report should haunt him for the rest of his days
Daily Mail
20 Oct Matt Hancock’s care home protective ring claim ‘unfounded’, Covid report finds
Evening Standard
20 Oct Matt Hancock’s care home protective ring claim ‘unfounded’, Covid report finds
Evening Standard
20 Oct Matt Hancock’s care home protective ring claim ‘unfounded’, Covid report finds
Evening Standard
20 Oct UK government failures led to Covid spreading ‘like wildfire’ in care homes, inquiry finds
The Guardian
20 Oct Care sector was ‘afterthought’ and suffered devastating impact – Covid report
Evening Standard
20 Oct Care home residents were sacrificed to 'protect the NHS' during Covid pandemic causing 43,000 deaths after failings saw virus 'spread like wildfire', damning inquiry finds
Daily Mail

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