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Matt Hancock's Care Home Evidence at Covid-19 Inquiry 'Showed His True Colours'
- The UK Covid Inquiry, launched by Boris Johnson in June 2022, is examining the pandemic's impact on care homes across the UK.
- This inquiry follows a 2022 High Court ruling that discharged hospital patients into care homes without isolation was unlawful and lacked adequate safeguards.
- Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock acknowledged that the discharge policy was highly controversial and characterized it as the best available option despite the difficult circumstances.
- Hancock asserted that efforts were made to shield care homes from the virus, but campaigners and staff disputed this, attributing the lack of adequate protection to the more than 43,000 deaths in care homes.
- The inquiry continues to gather evidence on government decisions in care homes, highlighting serious consequences and calls for accountability to better prepare for future crises.
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Matt Handcock says discharging patients into care homes was ‘least-worst’ Covid decision in huge outburst
Matt Hancock has said that discharging patients from hospitals to care homes in the early stages of the Covid pandemic was “the least-worst decision” during a major outburst. The former health secretary conceded that creating a “protective ring” around care homes had been “impossible,” while continuing to defend the policy, one of the most debated measures of the pandemic. The Covid inquiry was previously told that more than 43,000 deaths linked…
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Hancock: Moving patients from hospitals to care homes was least-worst decision
Module six of the inquiry is focused on the effect the pandemic had on both the publicly and privately funded adult social care sector across the UK.
Matt Hancock loses his cool as he's confronted over Covid care home 'lies'
Appearing before the Covid Inquiry, former Health Secretary Matt Hancock lashed out at local authorities and Public Health England as messages between him and minister Helen Whately were revealed
COVID Inquiry Exposes Devastating Impact on Care Sector
Share Post Share Email The UK COVID-19 Inquiry has released harrowing testimony revealing the profound impact of pandemic restrictions on residential and nursing homes, documenting widespread family trauma, resident isolation, and unprecedented pressure on care staff. The latest Every Story Matters report, published as the Inquiry begins Module 6 hearings focusing specifically on the care sector, draws from ove…
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