Bereaved families accuse Matt Hancock of a 'cruel lie' over care homes after Covid inquiry finds no 'protective ring'
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.Matt Hancock, whose 'protective ring' claim around care homes was ruled "unfounded" by the inquiry, which found care was "something of an afterthought" during the pandemic.
Jean Adamson, of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK, was unable to hug her father Aldrick as he died in a nursing home in April 2020. She blamed Hancock, Boris Johnson and former NHS boss Simon Stevens for discharging hospital patients into homes without adequate testing. Inquiry chair Heather Hallett found the care sector was 'something of an afterthought'. More than 43,000 care home deaths involving Covid were recorded.
Jane Roche's father Vincent Pettitt asked carers 'where's my Jane?' before he died.
47 per cent of Scotland's Covid deaths were in care homes, versus England's 30.
