Asked about the state of the sector as it entered the pandemic, he said: "There would have been a fragility in the workforce ...

A civil servant's assertion that there was a "generational slaughter within care homes" in the early days of the pandemic is a phrase that "chimes with the experience of thousands of our families", ...

A public health agency official has told the UK Covid-19 inquiry that visiting in care homes during the pandemic was about "managing risk". Heather Reid, the interim director of Nursing, Midwifery and ...

There was no scientific advice to test all patients discharged from hospitals into care homes at the start of the Covid ...

Learn about the pressures social care nurses were under during the Covid-19 pandemic, through evidence given at the UK ...

Relatives of care home residents tell the Covid inquiry they will never get over how their ... Nearly 46,000 care home residents died with Covid in England and Wales between March 2020 and ...

Public hearings at the Covid-19 inquiry resumed today, looking at the impact of the pandemic on adult care services . Nearly 46,000 care home residents died with Covid in England and Wales between ...

The Covid inquiry will examine the impact of the pandemic on care services, ... Nearly 46,000 care home residents died with Covid in England and Wales between March 2020 and January 2022, ...

The UK Covid Inquiry will this week look at the impact of the pandemic on care homes and the agony felt by ­residents and ...

The former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has told the Covid inquiry that discharging patients from hospitals into care homes in the early stages of the pandemic had been “the least worst decision” at ...

Health officials was ‘not concerned’ about Covid patients in care homes months into pandemic, inquiry hears. Simon Ridley also claimed he was “blindsided” by Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to ...

Bereaved urge ‘truth’ as Covid inquiry shifts focus to care homes Matt Hancock will appear on Wednesday for a full-day session to face questions during a module set to last five weeks.