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 ...

Covid inquiry hears of care home 'slaughter' Image source, Getty Images. Image caption, Nicky Hastie, holding an image of her mother, attended the inquiry in person on Monday .

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 ...

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 ...

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 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, ...

When the pandemic hit in early 2020, hospital patients were rapidly discharged into care homes - but there was no policy requiring them to be tested for COVID before admission.

In 2020, several senior RQIA staff were redeployed and its entire board resigned after a row over the handling of the ...

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.

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 ...