Bereaved families accuse Matt Hancock of a 'cruel lie' after the Covid inquiry rejected his care home 'protective ring' claim
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 lost her father Vincent Pettitt and sister Jocelyn within five days in April 2020. A carer later told her he kept asking 'where's my Jane?'. West End star Ruthie Henshall says her mother Gloria 'died of loneliness' after a year seen only through a window. Baroness Heather Hallett's report found the virus could 'spread like wildfire' in homes.
Jean Adamson: three men made 'a decision that became a death sentence'.
Some care workers used painters' overalls and festival ponchos because PPE ran out.
Scotland saw 47 per cent of Covid deaths in care homes, England 30 per cent.
