‘Superficial damp squib’: Covid inquiry recommendations fail to impress bereaved families

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A UK Covid-19 inquiry report describes severe failures in adult social care during the pandemic, including deaths, inadequate protective equipment, and restrictions on family visits. Bereaved families say the recommendations are too weak and lack meaningful accountability.

Latest report paints a painful picture of the care sector during the pandemic. But timid recommendations and a lack of accountability threaten to undermine it Of all 10 reports due to be published by the long-running Covid-19 inquiry, this week’s findings on adult social care were especially anticipated. The impact of Covid-19 on the care sector was calamitous: tens of thousands of people died, staff were forced to wear bin bags due to a lack of protective clothing and relatives were banned from seeing their loved ones in their dying days. Continue reading...