Bereaved families demand lessons be learned as Covid inquiry report into care home deaths is published
Baroness Heather Hallett's report, published today, found Covid was able to "spread like wildfire" in care homes, where more than 43,000 deaths involving the virus were recorded.
Jane Roche, from Castle Vale in Birmingham, says her dying father Vincent Pettitt asked carers 'where's my Jane?' while Covid rules kept her away. Baroness Heather Hallett's report, published today, found the virus was able to 'spread like wildfire' in care settings, with calls for lessons to be learned following its release. More than 43,000 care home deaths involving Covid were recorded between March 2020 and July 2022. Roche says Matt Hancock 'fed them to the wolves'.
West End star Ruthie Henshall says her mother Gloria 'died of loneliness' behind glass, describing the experience as 'mental torture'.
Jean Adamson blames Hancock, Boris Johnson and Simon Stevens for discharging patients into homes.
Some care workers wore painters' overalls and festival ponchos because PPE ran short.
